A former history teacher analyzes the class basis of the World War I, who we can thank for ending it, and what we can learn from it. On more than one occasion, a student would ask "who were the good ...

It was the biggest Russian victory during the First World War, and at the same time the most costly in terms of human lives.

It was the biggest Russian victory during the First World War, and at the same time the most costly in terms of human lives.

The mud of the Somme Valley was still on Ewart Tempest’s boots when he marched into Vignacourt, a French village some fifteen miles behind the British front line. It was April 5, 1916. Tempest, a fair ...

American Red Cross Clubmobile girls in a captured German vehicle in France during World War II - FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Edith Cavell’s dog, Jack, sits taxidermied in a glass case in the ...

It’s one of the best-known stories about the First World War: the Christmas truce of 1914, when soldiers from both sides spontaneously laid down their guns and, for a few hours at least, acted as if ...