A British soldier’s battered World War I diary recounting the bloody Battle of the Somme has been discovered in a U.K. barn. The diary, which was written in pencil by Private Arthur Edward Diggens of ...
The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that shaped our modern world. Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 213th installment in ...
World War I came to an end when Germany signed the armistice, officially concluding the conflict at 11 a.m. From 1914 to 1918 ...
In 45 seconds, we cover the Battle of the Somme, launched in 1916 during World War I. This video highlights the massive Allied offensive, the staggering casualties on both sides, and the limited ...
Last week, as commercials promoting a new Sting album showed us a much younger Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner singing, “I hope that someone gets my message in a bottle,” messages from the past crossed ...
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 242nd installment in the series. It was the worst day in British history as measured in bloodshed, with ...