The defeat meant the end of German plans for a quick victory in France. Both sides dug intotrenches, and the Western Front was the setting for a hellish war of attrition that would last more than three years. Particularly long and costly battles in this campaign were fought atVerdun(February...
This is a day where we remember everyone in the armed forces who fought and lost their lives during the war. Embed from Getty Images Find out more about the Great War – World War 1 Find out more about The Trenches in World War I Send us your favourite facts! Is there something we'...
Key Facts & InformationPHYSICAL FEATURESThe Western Front in World War I, located in France, was fought using trench warfare. WWI started on 28 June 1914, and by the end of 1914, both sides had built trenches that went from the North Sea and through Belgium and France. Neither side made...
Key Facts & InformationPHYSICAL FEATURESThe Western Front in World War I, located in France, was fought using trench warfare. WWI started on 28 June 1914, and by the end of 1914, both sides had built trenches that went from the North Sea and through Belgium and France. Neither side made...
The novel recounts the return of the shell shocked Captain Chris Baldry from the trenches of The First World War from the perspective of his female cousin Jenny. The novel grapples with the soldier's return from World War I with trauma and its effects on the family, and optimi...
Winston Churchill, future Prime Minister of Great Britain, spent six months in the trenches during World War I following the disaster at Gallipoli and his resignation as First Lord of the Admiralty.
see lots of clips and animations about the First World War See photos of life in the trenches Find out why we wear poppies to remember World War I and read about The Poppy Appeal Experience WWI through the eyes of four very different people: a general, a nurse, a soldier and an objecto...
Facts about WW1 for kids These mini books contain one cover page that children can decorate their own. After this, there are multiple pages all about World War I to add behind this. While reading these books, children will learn about: The start of the War The trenches The soldiers First...
On the homefront during World War I, civilians were mobilized to contribute to the war effort in various ways, such as working in factories to produce weapons and supplies, rationing food and resources, participating in propaganda campaigns, and providin
technology and the mobilization of industrial capacity and the home front. The war also became three-dimensional: in the air (airplanes), below the seas (submarines), and land (mining), and a frontline from the North Sea until the Swiss border that reached ever farther behind thetrenches. As...