Thanks to modern geological exploration technology we can piece together the events of July 1 1916 when a tactical error came with massive cost to the British army.
- Professor and Lecturer in Military History, London South Bank University
The story of how a teenage princess launched one of the first global charity campaigns.
It’s a nice story but the picture used to illustrate the Christmas truce football match isn’t of it at all.
Exclusive footage of the clandestine bunkers from which Britain hoped to halt a Nazi invasion.
Likely survival rates for these men were judged to be as low as 12 days, which may be why OBs were sometimes referred to as ‘Suicide Bunkers’.
Scientists have uncovered a hidden tunnel left in remarkable condition at a now derelict prison in Bridgend, South Wales.
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