First World War

Women 'take the air' in an attempt to ward off the Spanish Flu

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“Far too little, too late”: what happened when Spanish Flu hit Britain a century ago?

Four women dressed in the perceived fashion of the roaring twenties in a 1954 musical called ‘The Boy Friend’. (Photo by Getty Images)

How the ‘Roaring Twenties’ myth obscures the making of modern Britain

Indian soldiers during WWI

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Indians in the trenches

A still from Sam Mendes film '1917'

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“A staggering tour de force – but an opportunity missed”: a historian’s review of the film 1917

A despatch rider during WW1, as featured in new Sam Mendes film '1917'

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The real trench runners of WW1

Peronne, March 1917

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Operation Alberich: the story of Germany’s retreat in 1917

French prime minister Georges Clemenceau (left), US president Woodrow Wilson (centre) and British PM David Lloyd George at the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919. The treaty's provisions have been blamed for causing the Second World War. (Image by Topfoto)

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Did the Versailles peace treaty trigger another world war?

A vintage colour postcard, possibly produced to send Christmas greetings from the frontline, somewhere on the Western Front, during the First World War, c1918. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

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Christmas 10 ways Christmas was celebrated during the First World War

Stretcher bearers at Passchendaele

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The forgotten triumphs of Passchendaele

The Cunard liner Lusitania

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How did Britain react to the sinking of the Lusitania?

Charles I's great weakness was that he made a strict distinction between his role as king, in which he could not compromise, and his personal role, which was entirely pleasant and courteous, says Sean Lang. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

8 of the nicest kings in history

A scene from 'They Shall Not Grow Old', showing how film director Peter Jackson digitally remastered footage of the First World War. (Photo courtesy of THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD/ WingNut Films/ Peter Jackson. Original black and white film © IWM)

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“There was no feeling sorry for themselves”: director Peter Jackson on the soldiers of the First World War

London crowds celebrating the signing of the armistice at the end of the First World War.

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Why are poppies worn, plus 4 more things you need to know about Armistice Day

Marshal Foch and his accompaniment leaving Compiègne in order to inform the French government in Paris about the Armistice agreement with Germany. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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Where was the Armistice signed?

11th November 1918: An army lorry in a London street on Armistice Day, carrying jubilant passengers. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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11 November 1918: The day the world turned upside down