Si BiggsDec 25, 20172 min readThe Christmas Truce 1914The Christmas truce (German: Weihnachtsfrieden; French: Trêve de Noël) was a series of widespread but unofficial ceasefires along the...
Si BiggsDec 9, 20172 min readIn Flanders Fields"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel...
Si BiggsNov 27, 20171 min readHow The Battle Of Cambrai Changed Fighting Tactics On The Western FrontAt dawn on 20 November 1917, the British Third Army launched an attack towards Cambrai using innovative methods that were to become a...
Si BiggsSep 20, 20172 min readThe Battle of Menin Road, 1917 – The third YpresPart of the Third Battle of Ypres, the Battle of Menin Road was a testing place for the British. They countered a tactic that had been...
Si BiggsAug 30, 20173 min readBattle of Passchendaele: 31 July - 6 November 1917Officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres, Passchendaele became infamous not only for the scale of casualties, but also for the mud....