The First World War began in the summer of 1914, shortly after the assassination of Austria’s Archduke, Franz Ferdinand, and ...

September 1914. As the First World War unfolded, a little-known but pivotal encounter transpired in the Indian Ocean—The ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A war that would eclipse all other conflicts up until that time, taking the nickname “The Great War,” and what we know as World War I, began on July 28, 1914. The war traced ...

Dominic and Tom launch into one of the most consequential events of all time: the outbreak of the First World War.

A young Bosnian Serb had one plan to free his people from the monarchy of Austria-Hungary: kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand, ...

The sun rises over a reconstructed WWI trench in Ploegsteert, Belgium. (Virginia Mayo/AP) By late December 1914 World War I had been raging for nearly five months. Had anyone really believed it would ...

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in 2019. The story of the Christmas Truce of 1914 is often considered “played out,” especially in historical circles, but it is a compelling tale; ...

Alexandra Churchill and Nicolai Eberholst‘s Ring of Fire is about the opening salvos of the First World War in 1914. Quickly into Ring, one soon realizes the Lincolnesque sentiment from a 1960s Star ...

His service number was 1 and throughout the war “Number One” was his nickname. Michael Lowe, of Seaforth, wasn’t the first to ...

Spain's King Alfonso XIII aided families of missing WWI soldiers Palace archive keep thousands of letters of soldiers' relatives Letters are testimony of war's devastation MADRID, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A ...