Some 40,000 Welshmen died during the First World War. The deaths were only one aspect of the tribulations which the Welsh, in common with the rest of Europe, suffered as a result of the conflict.

The first shots of World War One are fired in Africa. By 1914 the German Empire has four colonies in East, West and South Africa. British and French forces invade Togoland the site of a key German ...

BBC Documentaries marking the centenary of World War One. BBC One Opening the World War One commemoration season on the BBC and produced in partnership with the Open University, landmark new ...

All along the Western Front of the First World War, which stretched for some 700 km from the North Sea to the Franco-Swiss border, a series of 139 funerary and memorial sites bear witness to the ...

They were the vanguard of a new American army, about to enter the most destructive war the world had ever known ... for more than two years—and one that would unleash consequences and new ...

Commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War with this reworked resource for 11- to 16-year-olds. This interactive teaching package has three modules with a range of activities to pick ...

The Bradford brothers are thought to be one of the most decorated families of World War One. The bagpipes Alasdair ... for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external ...