In fact, the UNEF buildup provided the British and French governments with ... Wheeler, onetime U.S. Army Chief of Engineers. For the 71-year-old Wheeler, canals are an old story.

Among the collection were postcards found on the bodies of the fallen, including one which pictured British soldiers ... two heavy shells struck in the middle of my company.

The fighting covered much of the Middle East, including countries ... Turkish prisoners of war with guarded by British soldiers, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), WW1. A prolonged campaign saw British ...

From conflict in the Middle East ... WW1: How did an artist help Britain fight the war at sea? documentWW1: How did an artist help Britain fight the war at sea? Dr Sam Willis discovers how the ...

In a ‘living memorial’ to the British soldiers killed in the Somme, young men dressed in WW1 uniforms appeared at stations and in city centres all over the country. In towns and cities ...