Verdun was one of the most savagely ... Togo in Africa saw the first battle between Allied and German forces in World War One. They fought for control of the Kamina wireless station.

The Battle of Verdun is known as one of the most deadly in human history. Running from 21st February until 18th December 1916, the battle was the longest of the First World War. It left the armies on ...

The First World War is renowned for its massive Battles fought on an industrial scale, particularly the grinding stalemate that was the Western front. Places like Verdun, the Somme, and Passendale ...

Another, with a severe head wound, takes his seat at the operating table, and is skillfully attended by the doctor in charge" The Matania family from Naples was ubiquitous in the field of documentary ...

THE VAST AREA AROUND the French city of Verdun remains suspended in the year 1916. During the First World War, these hills and gorges were cratered by a continuous ten-month-long artillery bombardment ...

Meet Verdun Hayes, a D-day veteran who just became the oldest person in the world to skydive - at the age of 101 and 38 days old. The great-grandfather was joined by three generations of his ...

A woman inherits a map of a World War I battlefield ... fighting for the first time unaccompanied by the French or British armies. The battle, fought near Verdun during the final months of the ...