Tag: First World War
Global Conflicts — The First ‘World Wars’ Came Long Before 1914
This coming summer, the world marks a grim milestone – the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. The four-year conflict, which was fought between 1914 and 1918, was like none other…
Phantoms in the Trenches – Historian Explores the Supernatural Folklore of WW1
“Research delves into the supernatural folklore that was endemic to life in the trenches of the Western Front.” IT WAS A FROSTY NIGHT IN APRIL, 1917 when Cpl. Will Bird and two of his comrades from…
The Forgotten Armies of the Western Front — 1914 to 1918
“There were other, smaller, often overlooked contingents to the Western Front that history has largely forgotten. Here are their stories.” EIGHT MILLION MEN fought for the British Army during the First World War. More than half of…
The First Dogfighters — How History’s Earliest Combat Pilots Improvised Aerial Warfare
“Many of the principles of air to air combat still in use today were improvised on the fly (literally) by pilots who were making it up as they went along.” THE WORLD’S MILITARIES were among…
