A battered diary from World War I was just found in a barn in England. It recounts the horrific Battle of the Somme, the ...

That attack 100 years ago was the long-awaited “Big Push”—the beginning of the Somme Offensive and the quest to crack open the Western Front of World ... of the war, some 1.25 million ...

Private John Hope kept diaries of his time with the Seaforth Highlanders — from joining up in 1915 to being demobbed in 1919.

The Battle of the Somme was one of the most significant campaigns of World War One, as the Allied forces attempted to break through the German front line in northern France, 1916. This interactive ...

Life in the trenches of World War One was very difficult. The first day of the Battle of the Somme, in 1916, was the deadliest day in the history of the British army. The end of World War One and ...

The Battle of the Somme lasted ... all gone - one blur of mangled flesh - and body whole and sound ... All are so brave, and yet those who are not badly wounded are so tired of the war, tired ...

High-explosive and shrapnel shells dominated World War I battlefields ... The first day of the battle is regarded as one of the bloodiest days of the war. The Somme saw technological innovations ...

BBC drama programming to mark the centenary of World ... the battle of the Somme, the Eastern Front and the arrival of American Forces. The story looks at all aspects of the war – from the ...