That rate of fire, combined with good marksmanship, turned ordinary soldiers into surprisingly effective long-range killers.

The First World War was the bloodiest conflict in human history, with an estimated 20 million to 30 million deaths. And many British soldiers feared they'd never come home ...

What do displays of national pride mean when they are no longer accompanied by the mass shared grief that gave rise to them?

There were many acts of courage in World War One but few could match that of piper Daniel Laidlaw. Armed with just a set of bagpipes, the Scotsman played his way into danger when his regiment was in ...

The Great War was a fascinating time for airplanes – the Wright brothers had just recently invented the airplane in 1903, and militaries found out mounting machine guns (only after figuring out how ...

A World War One medal consigned to the scrap heap and lost for 55 years has been reunited with the 98-year-old son of the ...

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The film was partially inspired by stories told to the director by his paternal grandfather, Alfred, about his service during World War I.

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