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World War I ended 100 years ago Sunday. Beginning in July 1914, the Great War lasted more than four years and killed an estimated 8.5 million soldiers and 13 million civilians. And of the more ...
All 5 parts of Epic History TV's history of World War One in one place. From the Schlieffen Plan to the Versailles Treaty, a global history of the entire conflict.
What did people eat and what was the high street like during World War One? Find out in this year 5/6 primary history guide from BBC Bitesize.
This article is an extract from Zinn's excellent People's history of the United States "War is the health of the state," the radical writer Randolph Bourne said, in the midst of the First World War.
It has only taken 25 years to get her in the air, but a replica World War One plane built by a group of volunteers in East Lothian is finally flying. The team behind it started the ambitious project ...
World War One laces often included names of people, places, inscriptions, and dates; a characteristic not usually found in other lace work. The lace often incorporates the coats-of-arms or national ...
On April 6, 1917, the United States entered World War I. ... He was also a white supremacist and one of the people involved in basically disenfranchising African Americans in North Carolina.
A two-minute silence is held annually on Armistice Day, which marks the end of World War One in 1918. People also wear pins shaped like poppies, the symbol of remembrance, to pay tribute to fallen ...