The beginning of World War 1 was a nightmare of alliances. Three empires - Britain, Russia, and Austria-Hungary - were trying to hold on to their power, and the German Empire had recently come ...

The first shots of World War One are fired in Africa. By 1914 the German Empire has four colonies in East, West and South Africa. British and French forces invade Togoland the site of a key German ...

A is for Archduke Franz Ferdinand. videoA is for Archduke Franz Ferdinand Pictures and commentary explain the beginning of World War One in 1914, sparked by the assassination of Austria-Hungary ...

People watched with bewilderment, with just one question on their minds -- Is this the beginning of World War 3? The Middle ...

The first part of this series looks at how ... This film brings together stories of unparalleled bravery as descendants of World War One pipers visit the Somme and Gallipoli, the battlefields ...

World War One's great Western writers - from Wilfred ... The baby girl was their sixth child and the first to survive disease in infancy, giving them new hope for a happy post-war family life.