but there was one event that halted the brutality and bloodshed: the famous World War I Christmas Truce of 1914. It was the first Christmas of the war. It was a day for peace – if only fleeting.

Warrior, famously called "the horse the Germans couldn't kill," became a symbol of courage and loyalty during World War I.

A vast archive of letters sent by relatives of soldiers missing in World War One seeking the help of Spain's King Alfonso ...

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Jeremy Vine hosts a real-time journey through the events, voices and music of World War One, going back in time to 1914 to experience the war as it happened. Jeremy presents events as they unfold ...

Britain and its Empire lost almost a million men during World War One; most of them died on the ... barbed-wire fences moved very little between 1914-1918, despite attempts on both sides to ...

By 1914 some of these industries had already ... were able to fight alongside their friends or colleagues. The World War One recruitment campaign, 'Women of Britain say go', was an appeal o ...

Crew members Sailors from Ice Patrol HMS Protector, A173, and their Chilean allies paid homage to British sailors lost in one of the first great naval actions of World War 1.

When Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, on June 28, 1914, few could ... years have seen another world war and the rise and fall of ...

War in Europe began in the ... not only for the United States but across the world. To that end he sent a leading aide, Colonel House, to Europe in the autumn of 1914 in an attempt to broker ...

What comes to mind when you think of Christmas Eve? Jesus’ birth, Christmas carols, families together, gifts exchanged, are a few thoughts that might come to mind. However, for some ...

Auckland Museum Collection: EPH–W1–1–231. An 18-pounder in action ... by New Zealand’s first engagement in World War I. In August 1914, the Advance Party of the Samoa Expeditionary ...