World War I Remembrance Day (November 11).

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In 1809, with Napoleon and his best troops bogged down in Spain, Austria decided to try to get revenge for her humiliation at ...

As we remember those who have fallen in global conflicts, past and present, an interactive tool is available for the public ...

“The classic example in history is the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. If the bullet strays just a little from its path, ...

The widget allows you to search the full records of casualties as the country falls silent to remember those lost ...

It is our duty on Remembrance Sunday to honour the fallen. But to do justice to their sacrifice, we should also remember why the world descended into war in 1914. The history of the Great War ...

When Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand was done to death at Sarajevo 20 years ago, no camera caught the act, although a memorable newspicture shows the capture of Assassin Princip. Last year ...

At precisely 11am, on November 11, 1918, the guns fell silent, and what was then known as the Great War came to an end. The ...

Majorca’s major mountain range is every bit as beautiful as the island’s coastline — and you can hike straight from your ...