The Great War

Was Germany Really Starved Into Surrender in WW1?

Battle for Gaza 1917: The Palestinian Campaign of WW1

The Irish Wars 1919-1923

The Most Pointless Battle of WW1? - Passchendaele 1917

Russia's Great Retreat 1915

In May 1915, the Central Powers launched one of the greatest offensive operations of the First World War. The armies of Germany and Austria-Hungary planned to smash their way through Russia lines and tip the strategic balance in their favor. The result was one of the biggest and bloodiest campaigns of the war, known today as the Great Russian Retreat.

The Spanish-American War 1898

In the last years of the 19th century, tension was building in the Caribbean. American newspapers were filled with grisly reports of Spanish atrocities against the people of Cuba struggling for independence. US businessmen and expansionist politicians also saw practical opportunities in Spain’s struggles: great power status and an empire for the United States. It’s the Spanish-American War.