During the First World War (1914–1918), lifeboats launched 1,808 times and saved 5,332 lives. The rescues that took place during this time are the subject of our touring exhibition, Hope in the Great ...

Scope note On 4 August 1914 Britain declared war on Germany for violating Belgian neutrality ... In July 1916 Australia’s 5th Division took part in its first battle on the Western Front at Fromelles, ...

For hundreds of years prior to the 20th century, war had changed very little with the improvements in weapon technology that did arise being incremental and slow to establish themselves. However, with ...

Britain and its Empire lost almost a million men during World War One; most of them died on ... barbed-wire fences moved very little between 1914-1918, despite attempts on both sides to break ...

On 19th October 1926 Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), unveiled a memorial in Westminster Abbey to the Million Dead of the First World War ... of the British Empire who fell in the Great ...

This course examines the social and military history of the First World War. It focuses on the tactics and technology used during the conflict and on the war's impact on society, culture, politics and ...

The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 is a 12-volume series covering Australia's involvement in the First World War. The series was edited by the official historian Charles Bean, ...

What followed soon after were two devastating wars. TEXT ON SCREEN: The Path to Nazi Genocide NARRATOR: The first “world war,” from 1914 to 1918, was fought throughout Europe and beyond. It became ...

The first shots of World War One are fired in Africa. By 1914 the German Empire has four ... The fighting ceases at 11am on 11 November 1918, which for Britain, France and America becomes the ...

The XB-1 is a demonstrator for the future Boom Overture, which aims to be the first supersonic passenger aircraft made in the ...