On 4 August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany. It became known as The Great War, as it affected people all over the world.

Overview: Britain and World War One 1901 - 1918 Overview: Britain and World War One, 1901 - 1918 The Great War brought decades of simmering social reform to the boil.

After the start of World War One the “Commission for Relief of Belgium” (CRB) was established with Herbert Hoover, a wealthy industrialist living in London at the time, as Chairman. Herbert Hoover, ...

Overview: Britain and World War One, 1901 - 1918. By Professor Hew Strachan Last updated 2011-03-03. ... Britain and the Great War 1914-1918 by John Bourne (London, 1989) Blighty: ...

At the outbreak of World War One, Britain had the most advanced undersea telegraph cable system. It wrapped around the world, due to the reach of the British Empire.

On the one hand, the First World War was a necessary struggle and Britain had no alternative but to play its part: on the other, the war was a tragic mess that came about by mistake, and we should ...

News; UK News; World War I; Britain honours the 888,246 World War 1 fallen with sea of poppies and Unknown Warrior As the nation reflected on four years of tragedy, it was fitting that the centre ...

Credit: Wikimedia Commons Subscribe for ads-free reading. This month marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War 1, formerly called the Great War. Not surprisingly, this has brought all ...

The scenes presented in Tate Britain’s newest exhibition, Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One, range from mechanically detached— American-British sculptor Jacob Epstein’s “The Rock ...