Here’s some background information about World War I, also known as the First World War and the Great War, which lasted from 1914 to 1918. Causes of World War I The assassination of Archduke Franz ...

A German organization is painstakingly searching for fallen German soldiers in order to identify them and rebury them, 80 years after World War II. HALBE, Germany (AP) — In a forest near Berlin ...

MADRID, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A vast archive of letters sent by relatives of soldiers missing in World War One seeking the help of Spain's King Alfonso XIII in finding them has been published online ...

Slide 1 of 4, Soldiers wearing gas masks during World War One, Poisonous gas was used as a weapon The First World War was the first-time poison gas was used on a large scale during war.

One evening, Hadnett was one of four men on guard duty while everyone else was asleep. They were approached by 80 German soldiers and they kept them from advancing, even resorting to hand-to-hand ...

The grave of a missing World War One soldier has been identified in Belgium. Capt Ernest Cecil Blencowe of the Dorsetshire Regiment died in February 1916 trying to get control of The Bluff, ...