In 1918, WWI pilots risked death every flight without parachutes. This video traces parachute development from da Vinci to ...

On the eleventh of November 1918, the most deadly conflict the world has seen up until that point was coming to an end. Over ...

President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 "for his role in bringing to an ...

A seaside hotel which counts the war poet Wilfred Owen among the guests who have stayed there has been given a Grade II ...

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

Over the last century, modern gems like 1917 and ageless classics like Lawrence of Arabia have presented the brutality and ...

Haifa's school curriculum now acknowledges Indian cavalry units' pivotal role in liberating the city during WWI, correcting a ...

As certain occupants at the White House are more prone to speaking than listening, this vocabulary lesson all boils down to ...

As the nation commemorates the 15 people killed in Bondi last December, Crikey examines the history and psychology of formal, ...

Titled Moonrakers, the book tells the story of the 2nd Battalion, the Wiltshire Regiment, during the First World War. Co-authored by London historian Bob Jones and fellow writer Nick Edwards, the book ...

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If World War 3 breaks out, there are likely to be ways to legally avoid being called up to fight for the UK ...