A battered diary from World War I was just found in a barn in England. It recounts the horrific Battle of the Somme, the bloodiest day in British military history with more than 19,000 British ...

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 ...

These were available in significant quantities only after the Somme. The statistics of British war production bear this out (Figure 2 below). The Somme offensive divides the war into two equal halves.

Royal British Legion also marks its 100th anniversary in Ireland, dedicated to ensuring legacy of ‘those who served’ ...

Harrowing pocket diary from rifleman in World War I who survived the Somme shows solemn reality of those killed in the conflict. Timothy Elliott meticulously filled in his diary during the war ...

While most Americans may not focus their attention on World War I until the centennial of the U.S. troops’ entry into the fray, in the fall of 2017, the contrast between Haig after the Somme and ...

The Somme offensive, lasting from July 1, 1916–November 18, 1916 was the Allies’ replay of the Battle of Verdun, a failed attempt to use attrition to exhaust the German Army and end the war.

The 1916 film The Battle of the Somme is uniquely significant both as the compelling documentary record of one of the key battles of the First World War (and indeed one which has come to typify many ...

The Somme conjures up visions of World War I battlefields. People from around the world are drawn to this part of northern France for what has become known as remembrance tourism, ...

A World War One rifleman's harrowing pocket diary details the solemn reality of life fighting on the frontline. Rifleman Timothy Elliott went over the top with the 9th Battalion City of London ...