First World War

The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) supported the British Army throughout the First World War treating sick and wounded military personnel. The RAM...

There are 37,780 First World War memorials in Britain, listing names from all walks of life - estates, villages, places of work. They stand as land...

Launched in 1914, two years after the ill-fated voyage of her sister ship, RMS Titanic, the Britannic was intended to be superior to her tragic twi...

On 21 March 1918 Germany initiated one of the most ferocious and offensives of the First World War. During the so-called Kaiserschlacht, German tro...

The First World War left a legacy of chaos that is still with us a century later. Why did European leaders resort to war and why did they not end i...

This book provides a concise set of thirteen essays looking at various aspects of the British left, movements of protest and the cumulative impact ...

This book is based on more than a hundred letters sent home by three Swansea brothers during the First World War, almost all of which relate to the...

During the First World War, the British army's most consistent German opponent was Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. Commanding more than a millio...

Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2014Winner of the 2014 Wolfson History Prize, the 2014 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, the Soci...

Sergeant Albert Simpkin MMs Great War diary is of unusual scope and exceptional interest. Albert was a First World War motorcycle despatch rider at...

Ordinary Heroes is the first book to focus on the staggering achievements of hundreds of thousands of civilian volunteers and charity workers, the ...