You are looking at an extract of a map concerning the Battle of Messines on June 7, 1917, which kicked off

This image shows you a map of the Etaples facilities. Its a WW1 era map found here. Click to read

This map shows the general location of the Canadian Base Camp in France that was in use in August 1916

28 Nov 2015 Added Bruce Cane’s link to “It made you think of Home” on main page www.cobwfa.ca

As with Napoleon’s invasion of Russia more than 100 years earlier and Nazi Germany’s invasion nearly three decades later, the

At 5 p.m. on April 22, 1915, the Germans released around 168 tons of chlorine gas, using the prevailing wind

In fall 1914, the United Kingdom dispatched an expeditionary force to modern-day Iraq, then governed by the Ottoman Empire. The

In 1964 the BBC produced a 26 episode series on the Great War Enjoy it here

From CNN……… WWI site offers hints of J.R.R. Tolkien By Todd Leopold, CNN Updated 6:39 AM ET, Wed July 22,