The Battle of the Somme, of which 1st July was just the first, disastrous day, raged for another four months, and was vital not only in diverting German forces away from their assault on the ...

AM on November 11, 1918, the Armistice that put an end to the fighting of World War I came into effect. After over four years ...

On September 17, Lee met General McClellan in the bloodiest single day of fighting in the war and in American history. Union ...

Two coastguards were joined by many of their crew to honour the lives of their fallen family on Remembrance Sunday.

In late 1944, during the wake of the Allied forces' successful D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, it seemed as if the Second World War ... in Hitler's favor. The battle that ensued is known ...

As we approach Remembrance Day on November 11, Sebastian Faulks’s epic tale of love and loss set during the first world war ...

With the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge a month away, Army veterans Harry Miller and Frank Cohn will take center ...

The Battle of the Somme was launched on 1 July 1916. The main aim of the battle was to relieve the important northern French fortress of Verdun. This had been placed under siege by the German Army ...

Almost 2,000 soldiers from the 36th Ulster Division died on the first day of the Somme campaign. When it was withdrawn from the line, the division had won a reputation as courageous soldiers.

D-Day vet was told: 'You're the assault wave, you won't be coming back' AS his landing craft made its way to Juno beach, Alan King found himself surrounded by flames . . . and the heads ...

War graves lit up for a vigil to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme at the Thiepval memorial Source: AAP The French had Verdun, Australians have ...