The Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres was one of the largest battles of the first world war. #SimpleHistory #WW1 Heat suspend Jimmy Butler; will listen to trade ...

Back in 2020, Sir Sam Mendes released his World War 1 epic 1917 in the UK. The Oscar-winning movie, nominated for 10 Academy Awards, follows two British soldiers (led by George MacKay) on a mission to ...

In 1917 the US, along with Canada and New Zealand ... This is the longest single battle of World War One and lasts nine months. The Germans fail to break through or exhaust the French army ...

One hundred years ago, on April 6, 1917, the United States entered World War I. The ongoing conflict ended just 19 months later with an Allied victory. The United States did not win the war alone ...

Few have noticed or discussed why the war did not end in late 1916 and early 1917 ... one observed, "the autumn and winter of 1916 provide clearly a division in the course of the First World ...

Award-winning director Sam Mendes revealed to Radio 1 that his World War One epic 1917 was inspired by his grandfather's war stories. Alfred Mendes was enlisted aged just 17, and served in the 1st ...

As events take place to mark the 100th anniversary of the uprising, here are 10 classic images that rallied the masses in 1917. The cost and effort of fighting in World War One took a huge toll on ...

War in Europe ... would make the world safer for democracy. On 6 April the declaration of war was passed by Congress. After the first American troops landed in Europe in June 1917 the involvement ...

World War One's great Western writers - from Wilfred ... Singh finished the war back in India, where in 1917 his wife, Rasal, gave birth at their home in Rajasthan to their daughter Ratan.

The World War One masterpiece, 1917, is set to be broadcast on BBC Three and its HD channel this Saturday (January 4) at 9pm. The film was co-written and directed by Sam Mendes, marking his cinematic ...

HMS Stephen Furness was steaming through the northern Irish Sea on the afternoon of December 13th 1917, en route to Liverpool ... These included vessel plans and the war diary of UB-64.