In the early morning hours of July 19, 1918, 19-year-old bugler Frank Charles Fergus was serving in the Army in France with the 58th Infantry Regiment in the first days of the Aisne-Marne Offensive.
French President Emmanuel Macron has urged young volunteers to "reinforce" army ranks in an address to French military personnel. During a speech at the Army Digital and Cyber Support Command in ...
In a Cape Town memorial opened Wednesday, African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in WWI.
But why was it so important to Germany and why were the British and French so keen to destroy ... World War One for the British army. Where did it all go wrong? WW1: What caused Verdun to be ...
“He suggested us to join the army under a fixed-term contract to see whether we liked it.” In 1963, she married retired French air force colonel Alexis Santini, whom she first met in Indochin ...
A memorial being unveiled in Cape Town this week rights a century-old wrong by recognising the deaths of 1,772 predominantly Black non-combatants who died in Africa in theatres of war, at sea and ...
In its long history as a safe haven for refugees, Britain had given a home to French Protestant Huguenots ... plays a key part in supporting them. WW1: Can the Treaty of Versailles help us tackle ...
This trend is even affecting the army, despite an overall budget increase. One casualty of this austerity is the dapper service uniform. Tourists visiting Switzerland are sometimes surprised to ...
This is another Military Tale from World War I; this one is from France and shows the fortitude of the fighting men.