History of the First World War in 100 moments

History of the First World War in 100 moments

Margaret Aston: Historian who illuminated the study of religious life

People pass the Royal Courts of Justice next to Serbian soldiers marching in the Lord Mayor's show, London, in the last days of the First World War in November 1918

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Empire Day at the Hall, 1918

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Crowds in London celebrate the end of hostilities in 1918

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 moments: After 1,560 days, at

The interior of the railway carriage in which the Armistice ending the First World War was signed

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Peace without

The poet Rainer Maria Rilke, circa 1920

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A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The German people

Wilfred Owen in uniform as a 2nd Lieutenant. The poet was teaching in France when the war began

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A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Dulce et decorum est

American troops advance on a German position on the Saint Mihiel salient, north-eastern France, in 1918

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: America unleashes the

Captured German officers receiving orders from a French officer

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The ‘blackest

From left, Marshal Joffre, President Henri Poincaré, King George V, General Foch, and Field-Marshal Haig

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: A big day at the

An aerial dogfight between at least 5 planes can be observed here. Dogfighting was the main method of attack between aircraft because the developments in aerial technology made it increasingly difficult to drop projectiles onto another plane. This dogfigh

First World War in images: Hidden and extraordinary - a unique new

Remains of a soldier on the Western Front, where millions were killed or wounded, or went missing

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: ‘Their

The aftermath of the explosion at the munitions plant in Chilwell

History of the First World War in 100 moments

When corpses fell from the Nottinghamshire sky in WWI

History of the First World War in 100 moments

When corpses fell from the Nottinghamshire sky in WWI

The aftermath of the explosion at the munitions plant in Chilwell

Vera Brittain became a nurse during the war

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: ‘I read it in a

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: My brother, the

Dogs at the British War Dog School in Essex

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A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Battlefield heroism

The German air ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Honoured by both

The German air ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Honoured by both

Walter Tull, left, Britain’s first black Army officer, in a photograph handed down to his great-nephew Edward Finlayson

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The officer who

The immense long-range naval gun which was used to bombard Paris from behind the German lines in Picardy

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Ordeal by shellfire -

Masked doctors and nurses treat flu patients lying on cots and in outdoor tents at a hospital camp during the influenza epidemic of 1918

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A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: First sniffles of a

A suffragist rally in Hyde Park

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: A glorious dawn for

Edmund Morel as an MP after his release

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A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Campaign for peace

Artist John Nash not only painted the ordeals of Britain’s front line troops: he experienced them first-hand

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: A conqueror shows his

The Mayor of Jerusalem (with walking-stick) had tried to surrender the city to them

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: A conqueror shows his

Crowds at Petrograd’s Winter Palace during the October Revolution. (Russia still used the Julian calendar, in which the West’s 7 November equated to 25 October.) (Getty Images)

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: When the people stormed the Winter Palace, and a new Russia was born

Artist John Nash not only painted the ordeals of Britain’s front line troops: he experienced them first-hand

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: A conqueror shows his

The Mayor of Jerusalem (with walking-stick) had tried to surrender the city to them

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: A conqueror shows his

Crowds at Petrograd’s Winter Palace during the October Revolution. (Russia still used the Julian calendar, in which the West’s 7 November equated to 25 October.) (Getty Images)

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: When the people stormed the Winter Palace, and a new Russia was born

German women and children queue for food rations

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: On the streets of

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: On the streets of

German women and children queue for food rations

Allied troops in what is now Zambia, in vain pursuit of the forces of the elusive German general Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Guerrilla in the mist - a great German military maverick outwits the British again

3rd September 1917: Veterans of the American Civil War at the opening of the Eagle Hut

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: A home from home in

Wet weather plagued the Third Battle of Ypres, which included the battles of Langemarck and Passchendaele. Perhaps 70,000 Allied soldiers died between 31 July and 10 November

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: ‘From the darkness

Women leaving a munitions factory on Eiswerder Island in Spandau, near Berlin, at the end of their shift, in around 1917. They are crossing the bridge over the river Havel

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Blood and gutsy

Women leaving a munitions factory on Eiswerder Island in Spandau, near Berlin, at the end of their shift, in around 1917. They are crossing the bridge over the river Havel

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Blood and gutsy

The conscription of reserve soldiers in Greece to fight on the Salonika front in 1916. The Greek city was ravaged by a fire the following year, which devastated the area and left thousands homeless

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The Great Fire of

Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970), whose 1929 novel, ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’, was based on his wartime experiences. Here he isseen with Carl Laemmle of Universal Pictures (left)

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: All unquiet outside

An early colour photograph of the crater left by the biggest of the blasts beneath German positions near Messines on 14 June 1917

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: A blast that

French ‘poilus’ at Chemin des Dames, where the bloody Nivelle Offensive of 1917 pushed many into mutiny

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The Nivelle offensive

War effort: Women war workers at Cross Farm, Shackleton, Surrey, in 1917

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The new British front

Supporters greet Lenin on his arrival at Finland Station, Petrograd, on 16 April 1917,
after a week-long journey by sealed train from Switzerland

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Sealed and delivered

The moment that ushered in the American century: President Woodrow Wilson asks
Congress to ratify a declaration of war against Imperial Germany

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A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: ‘We desire no

Filling shells at the Vickers munitions factory, Barrow-in-Furness. Strikers’ grievances included the use of female labour

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The munitions workers

Composer and poet Ivor Gurney (left) and the artist Paul Nash (Getty)

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Cries from the heart

Edward Thomas, a Second-Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery, at home on leave in early 1917

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Helen Thomas's final

May Bradford writing a letter for an injured soldier in a French hospital

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The soldier and the

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The soldier and the

May Bradford writing a letter for an injured soldier in a French hospital

Carnage on the road to Romania’s Turnu Rosu Pass. A German NCO stands beside an Italian-made cannon and the body of what may have been a gun crew member

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Carnage in the

A British soldier covers a dead German on the firestep of a trench near the Somme

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Life - and death - in

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Enter the huge,

Conscientious objectors at a protest on Dartmoor in 1917

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Jailed,

Conscientious objectors at a protest on Dartmoor in 1917

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Jailed,

Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, whose face appeared on the recruitment poster ‘Your Country Needs You’

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Lord Kitchener,

One of the architects of the revolt: Sharif Hussain,
religious leader of Mecca

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A desert uprising that began in hope but ended in betrayal

A steamer hit by a torpedo during the First World War

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: ‘I couldn’t bear

The sinking of the ‘Queen Mary’

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: ‘Nothing but a

Siegfried Sassoon as a second lieutenant in the Royal Welch Fusiliers. His bravery won him the Military Cross in July 1916, but he later turned against the war

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: ‘The bomb had given

The tear-stained letter

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: ‘Dearest Win, I

The Ottoman army besieged the British forces for 147 days until they surrendered on 29 April 1916

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Shambles on the

Britain saw the Easter Rising as a stab in the back and the rebels, pictured here being led to captivity, as traitors. Subsequent executions made them into national heroes

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: A botched coup,

Chandeliers and bed rest

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: In an exotic Regency

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War: Britain introduces conscription

French troops under shellfire during the Battle of Verdun

History of the First World War in 100 moments

Verdun's storm of shellfire that obliterated 300,000 men

History of the First World War in 100 moments

Verdun's storm of shellfire that obliterated 300,000 men

French troops under shellfire during the Battle of Verdun

Italian light infantry of the 1st Alpini Regiment on Monte Nero, during the Isonzo campaigns

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Poet Giuseppe

Flora Sandes, who rose from private to sergeant-major in the Serbian army, playing chess with her Serbian comrades. After the war ended, she was promoted to lieutenant

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: On an Albanian

George Samson is celebrated on a cigarette card of the time

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: White feather for

Laid to rest: Edith Cavell circa 1905

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: 'Patriotism is not

Laid to rest: Edith Cavell circa 1905

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: 'Patriotism is not

2nd Lieutenant John Kipling is thought to have been killed in The Chalk Pit, in Loos, France, on 27 September 1915

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: ‘It was a short

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: ‘After the first

German military prisoners, at Southend-on-Sea, on their way to Knockaloe

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Britain’s ‘enemy

French troops line up for inspection on a trench on the Western Front

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Over the top, and

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: 'I'd never seen a

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of World War One in 100 Moments: An artist’s brush with

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: British women demand

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: A poet leads his

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Terror from the sky

German infantrymen attack through a cloud of poison gas. By the end of the war, both sides had employed various kinds of gas

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: An eye-witness

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Bloodbath at Anzac

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Bloodbath at Anzac

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: A British nurse on the Eastern front

Cunard liner RMS Lusitania, after secret Whitehall misgivings about the official account of one of the most controversial and tragic episodes of the First World War were revealed in newly-released government documents. Almost 70 years after the Cunard lin

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The sinking of the ‘Lusitania’ - the torpedo that changed the course of war

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The Turkish holocaust

Russian artillery positions outside Przemysl, during the six-month siege of the heavily fortified
Austro-Hungarian city, part of present-day Poland

History of the First World War in 100 moments

The fall of a mighty Austro-Hungarian stronghold in 1915

Russian artillery positions outside Przemysl, during the six-month siege of the heavily fortified
Austro-Hungarian city, part of present-day Poland

History of the First World War in 100 moments

The fall of a mighty Austro-Hungarian stronghold in 1915

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 moments: A moment of glory on

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 moments: The mutiny that sent

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 moments: Medals for the nurses

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A History of the First World War in 100 moments: When Britain tried

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: When the guns fell

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The day they shelled

The ruins of the cloth hall and cathedral in Ypres during WWI

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 moments: A visit to the Front

Survivors from SMS ‘Gneisenau’ in the sea off the Falkland Islands, with HMS ‘Inflexible’ in the background, 8 December 1914

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A forgotten naval victory in which even nature played a part

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The day they shelled

The ruins of the cloth hall and cathedral in Ypres during WWI

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 moments: A visit to the Front

Survivors from SMS ‘Gneisenau’ in the sea off the Falkland Islands, with HMS ‘Inflexible’ in the background, 8 December 1914

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A forgotten naval victory in which even nature played a part

French General Joseph Joffre (second right), Commander- in-Chief of the French Armies, and General Michel Joseph Maunoury (right) on the front during the First Battle of the Marne. Six hundred scarlet taxis were requisitioned, at a cost of Fr70,102, to fe

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 moments: The legend of 'the taxis of the Marne'

Carl Hans Lody, who spied in Britain

History of the First World War in 100 moments

The first execution at the Tower of London for 167 years

German soldiers in Wirballen, a border town between the German Reich and Russia

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Massacre at Wirballen

A French firing squad escorts a deserter to his execution in November 1914

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The French general

Crowds gather outside a recruitment office

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The call of King and

Wounded and exhausted British and Belgian soldiers retreating after the Battle of Mons

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: The defeat that

Captured soldiers of the Russian 2nd Army after their defeat at the Battle of Tannenberg

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Russia loses an army

Civilians near the Austrian lines in Serbia are strung up – probably
as a reprisal for guerrilla resistance to the invaders

History of the First World War in 100 moments

A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: Austro-Hungarian army