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