General Haig, the senior British officer, planned to destroy the German defences with an intense seven day artillery bombardment and by detonating a series of massive mines under enemy lines.

At 3.50am on 31 July 1917, the Third Battle of Ypres, also known as Passchendaele, began when 2,000 Allied guns opened up on German lines. By the end of the three-month long campaign, more than ...

On 26 August Captain Bryant accepted the German surrender and Togoland was carved up between Britain and France. WW1: How did an artist help Britain fight the war at sea? documentWW1: How did an ...

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Michael St. Maur Sheil Ten thousand men were killed within seconds when the British exploded 19 mines under German lines during the Battle of Messines in Belgium. Michael St. Maur Sheil Nearly 70 ...

Last summer Colombia (with U.S. urging) nationalized the 5,175-mile, German-affiliated Scadta line. Chief lines still operating in South America with direct or indirect German connections ...