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Room 40 Codes and Ciphers

Who were the first codebreakers? learn more about them and their impact on the war 

Kaiser Bill: The Man behind the Image' Kaiser Wilhelm II

Public Schools and the Junior Officer Corps of 1916

Find out more about public schools in WW1 

August 1914 - Following a supply column

the total chaos of the opening weeks of the Great War 

10 Decisions that settled the Campaign to the Marne

How did the German campaign in 1914 go from invasion to retreat in six weeks? 

German Tanks at Villers-Bretonneux

When was the first tank on tank battle?  

Sea Soldiers - The Royal Naval Division at War 1914-1918

An overview of the Royal Naval Division throughout the First World War 

The action at Sheikh Sa'id, November 1914

The Battles of the Isonzo

A huge part of the fighting on the Italian Front took place along the Isonzo River in several battles 

Lost Mines of the Somme

Look beyond Hawthorn Ridge and Lochnagar! 

Grandfather & the south African native labour corps

the story of the 27,000 black labourers who volunteered to Europe 

Pitiful Desolation: The attack by 63rd (Royal Naval) Division in the Battle of the Ancre, November 1916

Forgotten Blitz and Defeat of the Zeppelins

How the war was waged in the sky's above Britain from 1914-18  

Gotha Raids

The Sky Was Lurid With Flames  

The Battle of Nonne Bosschen 11th November 1914

A look at one of the early battles of the war