World War One (WWI)
Stories of courage, loss, and resilience from the trenches and beyond in the Great War.
- World War I
- The Great War
- Military History
- Warfare
- 1914
- 1918
- War
- Europe
- Conflict
Some of the stories included
The Zimmermann TelegramHow a secret 1917 German offer to Mexico, promising the return of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, was intercepted by British codebreakers and helped bring the United States into World War I.
The Sinking of the LusitaniaIn May 1915, a German U-boat sank the passenger liner Lusitania in 18 minutes, killing 1,198 people and pushing the United States closer to war.
Animals in the TrenchesThe horses, mules, dogs, pigeons and even slugs that served in the First World War, from requisitioned farm horses to the pigeon Cher Ami, and the memorial that honours them.- The Assassination of Archduke Franz FerdinandOn June 28, 1914, a young nationalist's two gunshots in Sarajevo assassinated an Archduke and ignited the flames of World War One.
The Spanish Flu: History's Deadliest PandemicThe story of the H1N1 virus that killed up to 100 million people, more than the World War it coincided with.
The Christmas Truce of 1914The story of the unofficial Christmas truce of 1914, when British and German soldiers on the Western Front sang carols, swapped gifts, buried their dead and played football.
The Battle of VerdunGermany's 1916 attack on Verdun caused more than 700,000 casualties in ten months, and nine French villages were never rebuilt.
Women in World War OneHow WWI changed women's roles, from 'Canary Girls' in factories to the 8.4 million who won the vote in 1918.
The Harlem HellfightersThe Harlem Hellfighters, the all-Black 369th Infantry Regiment that spent 191 days at the front in the First World War and brought jazz to France.
The Treaty of VersaillesThe 1919 peace treaty that ended the First World War, signed in the Hall of Mirrors five years to the day after Franz Ferdinand's assassination.
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