OCTOBER 1917 Patrick Mercer uses the first-hand account of a renowned junior officer to report on a grim regimental battle fought in…
Martin Marix Evans explores the muddy terrain of the Third Battle of Ypres, the effects it had on the action, and what…
U-boat 118 had been launched in February 1918, and in the last couple of months of the war dispatched two British ships…
‘The War is not funny, Sir.’ – Colonel Howfield. ‘I’ve a feeling that may be the point.’ – General Mitford. Seema Syeda reviews Ian…
The UK Government is holding two commemorative events in Ypres, Belgium, to mark the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele (Third…
Shifting Sands is an exhibition about T E Lawrence, probably known to most of us as ‘Lawrence of Arabia’. The title inevitably…
The name of this stunning museum is a bit of a misnomer for, if anything, it is not national but international in…
'The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war,' Churchill wrote, 'was the U-boat peril.'…
The Russian Imperial Army has been portrayed as unfit to wage a modern war. It is best known for a catalogue of…
Neat ‘tache… who was he? Once called ‘the most powerful man in Germany’, Erich Ludendorff was a prominent general in the German Army…