A war to end all wars' The First World War was the first truly global conflict – the battle raged not just in the trenches of the Western Front but in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

In 1914, Europe's most powerful countries went to war with each other. World War One lasted for four years, from 1914-1918, and resulted in the deaths of millions. What was life like on the front ...

In the midst of the unrelenting violence of World War I, a cease-fire suddenly swept across vast swathes of the Western front in December of 1914. Massive amounts of life had already been ...

as well as sound recordings from 1924 Ellen Wexler After official attempts at a World War I truce failed, soldiers in the trenches of the Western Front took it upon themselves to share in the ...