An elderly couple in France was walking through a field when they stumbled upon a carrier pigeon capsule that contained a ...

Also called The Great War, World War I was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, and set the stage for another world war just 20 years later.

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, CNN Sport looks at the instrumental role horses had in the Allies’ war effort.

Virtually nobody believes World War Three will be triggered by recent the military conflicts in Ukraine, Iraq or the China seas, yet many factors today mirror those that led to the catastrophe in ...

This month marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War 1, formerly called the Great War. Not surprisingly, this has brought all sorts of stories and op-eds discussing the disastrous ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. School children visiting Tyne Cot near Ypres, Belgium. The largest Commonwealth war grave cemetery in the world. At ...

The First World War saw more deaths than all of Western world’s wars from 1790 to 1914, not all wars in that period. When we learn of a mistake, we acknowledge it with a correction.