It was one of the deadliest wars in history, claiming over 16 million lives and injuring more than 20 million people. The war was fought between the Allied Powers, including Britain, France, Russia, and the United States, and the Central Powers, including Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the ...
Many believed that Britain was so powerful it could win very quickly. In fact, the First World War lasted four terrible years, not four months. Life in the trenches in World War 1 Soldiers in the trenches would spend their days doing chores, firing at the enemy, playing cards and writing...
The United States entered World War One on April 6, 1917. Despite President Woodrow Wilson's and the majority of the American peoples wish to stay out of the war the US declare war against Germany. This was mainly due to the sinking of numerous US ships near Britain by German U-Boats....
The First World War seems to have touched almost every family in Britain. Most people will have had a relative in their family tree that served in the armed forces between 1914 and 1918. Unfortunately this is no longer living memory but has slipped into recorded history. There is now resurge...
Hitler and Braun never appeared as a couple in public; the only time they appeared together in a published news photo was when she sat near him at the 1936 Winter Olympics. Before the Holocaust, Hitler gave the U.S., Great Britain, and many other nations a chance to take in Jewish ref...
Unlike other European countries, Britain had always relied on volunteers to fight in times of war. Conscription had been introduced in 1916 when more men were needed to fight in the trenches, but it was abandoned when the war ended.
Germany believed the Lusitania was carrying munitions that were intended to help Great Britain, Germany's opponent in World War I. Germany had recently began a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, where they were firing upon all merchant and passenger ships who sailed in war zones. ...
The Allied Powers were predominantly composed of Great Britain, France, Russia, and Italy, with the United States joining later in 1917. They were led by their respective heads of state: Herbert Henry Asquith, Aristide Briand, and Woodrow Wilson. Germany, along with the Austrian-Hungarian Empire...
Woodrow Wilson of the United States, Georges Clemenceau of France, Vittorio Orlando of Italy, and David Lloyd George of Britain were the frontrunners in the drafting of the treaty. They were known as the ‘Big Four’. Part of the treaty was the required compensation from Germany for the ...
The original‘Crossing’ remained in Germany after it was painted and went on display in theKunsthalle Bremenart museum in 1851. There it remained for decades. Sadly, it was lost in an RAF bombing raid on Bremen in 1942. Many joked that its destruction was Bri...