Audiences can expect more pipes and drums, as well as “banjos and bluegrass”, as organisers give an insight into this year’s extravaganza.

The Red Arrows, the United Kingdom’s famous Royal Air Force Aerobatics Team, has appointed its first ever female commander, less than three years after it was roiled by a sexual harassment scandal.

While millions of Americans can name Western Front battles like Belleau Wood or the Meuse-Argonne, almost no one remembers ...