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A new book combines poetry from WW1 with photography from the
Capturing the immediacy of fighting and the writhing bodies of soldiers, as well as keeping narrative clarity, proved enormously difficult for painters depicting battles before the advent of photography. Michael Hall reveals how they rose to the challenge
It was in the mid-50s that I went with my grandmother to the Remembrance Day services held at the war memorial. There were a group of World War One veterans in a line and, as a young child, it was a s
Cultural Crusader
Our pick of the latest military history books
The worst loss of life among animals during the Second World War occurred before a single bomb had dropped on Great Britain. Official notices of advice to the public on how to prepare for air raids we
A prolonged conflict, a modified Treaty of Versailles and no League of Nations may have transpired without direct American involvement