French troops continue to force back German lines at Verdun. They take Bezonvaux and Hardaumont…
Admin@WW1December 16, 2016
At 4.55 pm each day the Australian War Memorial hosts the Last Post Ceremony. Each…
Admin@WW1December 14, 2016
German submarine SM UB-43 in port, 1915–16. Image courtesy U-boats of the Kaiser's Navy, 2002.…
Admin@WW1December 14, 2016
Day 870 of the war The Leader advertises that returned soldiers from Gallipoli will be…
Admin@WW1December 13, 2016
German Chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, sends a peace missive to the Allies offering to open…
Admin@WW1December 12, 2016
The Eastern Extension Telegraph Company offers discounted rates for Christmas cables to and from soldiers…
Admin@WW1December 11, 2016
Stained glass window in memory of Roy Stanford (centre panel), Holy Trinity Church Orange.Image courtesy…
Admin@WW1December 10, 2016
The Romanian town of Tutrakan on the Danube, 1916. Image courtesy Bibliothèque nationale de France.…
Admin@WW1December 9, 2016
Day 865 of the war Lieutenant Maurice Benson of the 2nd Battalion pays tribute to…
Admin@WW1December 8, 2016