Tin Noses Shop: The Sculptor Who Made Masks For The Mutilated Faces Of WWI
The French referred to these WWI wounded veterans as having 'gueules cassées' or 'broken faces'.
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WWII Tanks And Infantry – The Almost-Forgotten War-Winning Combination
How a combined-arms, infantry-tank approach helped the Allies win WW2.
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Naval History HMS Argus – The First Aircraft Carrier
How early naval aviation led first to seaplanes and then aircraft carriers.
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History The WW1 Factory Train That's Transporting People 104 Years Later
The train may be old and quaint but it comes from a dark time in British history when it was used to move materials for weapon production.
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History Inter-Allied Games: When WW1 Veterans Held Their Own Olympics
The multi-sport event brought together personnel from 14 Allied nations on the outskirts of Paris at the end of the First World War.
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History Medical Evacuation: How Frontline Treatment Has Evolved
Medevac teams swiftly evacuate casualties from battle but how has the process changed since WW1?
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WWI How Soldiers Trained For Trench Warfare In WW1
Touring the remains of First World War training trenches near Marlow.
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History How The Memory Of Two Fallen Soldiers Is Kept Alive On A Remote Scottish Island
How does the Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintain such remote graves?
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WWII The 10 Deadliest Battles In History
A look at some of most infamous campaigns in the history of war.
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History The Royal British Legion At 100: The Evolution Of Remembrance
Why has the desire to honour our war dead not faded over time?
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Christmas England v Germany: Football In The Trenches
As England take on Germany at Wembley, take a look back at the most famous football match of WW1.
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WWI Hollywood Historical Adviser Constructs Replica WW1 Trenches In Kent
The 150m network of trenches are based upon those used in a Belgium woodland during the war.
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Forces Charities The Royal British Legion At 100: A Brief History Of The Poppy
From Flanders Fields to wearing it on Remembrance Day and everything in between
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History Did Fish And Chips Help Us Win Both World Wars?
One of Britain's favourite takeaways has a secret
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Navy WW1 U-Boat Mystery Solved By Devonport Divers
Divers from Devonport Naval Base went 70 metres down in the English Channel to positively ID the wreck of U-95.
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History Commonwealth War Graves Commission: A Brief History
From Fabian Ware and Rudyard Kipling to the CWGC we know today