Documentary Series

The Great War – We Are Betrayed, Sold, Lost (15 of 26)

We Are Betrayed, Sold, Lost Early 1917 was the coldest winter know for a long time. It was a difficult[…]

All This It Is Our Duty to Bear War-weariness in Europe. In Britain, conscription, loss of shipping to German U-boats,[…]

The Devil Is Coming Britain fights its first major battle, the Battle of the Somme.

For Gawd’s Sake Don’t Send Me The summer of 1916 has the British army getting ready for the Battle of[…]

Hell Cannot Be So Terrible The Battle of Verdun through June 1916, with a brief look at the civilian life[…]

What Are Our Allies Doing? The war in the latter half of 1915, marked by successes of Central Powers. German[…]

Please God Send Us Victory The Ottoman Empire joins the war on the side of the Central Powers. Armenian Genocide[…]

Why Don’t You Come and Help? The effects of protracted war on civilian life of the major powers. The sinking[…]

We Await the Heavenly Manna War in Europe in 1915; German success at the Masurian Lakes; Russian Siege of Przemysl;[…]

So Sleep Easy in Your Beds For the first 6 months of the war, the Royal Navy did what it[…]