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Dec 25, 20172 min read

The Christmas Truce 1914

The Christmas truce (German: Weihnachtsfrieden; French: Trêve de Noël) was a series of widespread but unofficial ceasefires along the...

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Dec 9, 20172 min read

In 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...

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Nov 27, 20171 min read

How The Battle Of Cambrai Changed Fighting Tactics On The Western Front

At dawn on 20 November 1917, the British Third Army launched an attack towards Cambrai using innovative methods that were to become a...

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Sep 20, 20172 min read

The Battle of Menin Road, 1917 – The third Ypres

Part 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...

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Aug 30, 20173 min read

Battle of Passchendaele: 31 July - 6 November 1917

Officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres, Passchendaele became infamous not only for the scale of casualties, but also for the mud....

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