The War is the story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns.The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every ...

How real was it? By Dan Cruickshank. Women in uniform were a novelty in 1914 and yet 80,000 women served in the forces as non-combatants during World War One. Discover how one exceptional ...

August 1914. The Great War has commenced. Find out how Britain reacted to the news - was it with great anticipation or pure dread? The World War One movies contain photographs and written archive ...

Travel in the Highlands was severely restricted during WW1 and anyone wishing to do so ... as strategically important during the First World War. In 1916 the North of Scotland was declared a ...

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places ... and over 600,000 men—2 percent of the population—died in it. Follow this timeline to chart the key historical figures and events.