WW1: Did the machine-gun save lives? documentWW1: Did the machine-gun save lives? Despite the thousands of deaths attributed to the use of the machine-gun in WW1, did its awesome threat actually ...

Thanks for that. Ian McMillan reads and analyses Wilfred Owen’s poem Dulce et Decorum Est, and asks: do we misunderstand WW1 because we focus on poems like Owen's? WW1: Why was the first day of ...

Source: Wikipedia Initially released by France, the M1917 Howitzer gun proved incredibly successful after being introduced in service in 1917. What’s incredible about this gun is that the ...

Travel in the Highlands was severely restricted during WW1 and anyone wishing to do so had to apply for a special pass.The Highlands were seen as strategically important during the First World War.

During construction at Pearson Airfield, an archeologist found what could be unexploded Stokes Mortars dating back to World War 1. The Vancouver Police Mobile Explosive Device Unit worked with the ...