What we think of as the Roman Empire lasted from 27 BCE to 476 AD. But the end of the Roman Empire is way more complicated ...

Life in the trenches of World War One was very difficult. The first day of the Battle of the Somme, in 1916, was the deadliest day in the history of the British army. The end of World War One and ...

Season 6 of Home Front is set in a hospital in the midst of The Great War 100 years ago, so we thought we’d take the opportunity to put together a list of astonishing facts that paint a picture ...

Children's programming and BBC Learning initiatives marking the centenary of World War One. CBBC Multi-award-winning comedy sketch show Horrible Histories is back for a one-off World War One ...

World War I was one of the biggest conflicts in human history, known as the “war to end all wars." While Hollywood has a larger fascination with World War II, which has resulted in the release ...

Crews were called to Old Sarum Airfield in Salisbury, Wiltshire, at 6.38pm on Thursday after a fire broke out at Grade II listed Hangar 3.

The laces made in Belgium during World War One are an important part of the lace holdings of the Division of Home and Community Life’s Textile Collection in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of ...

This World War One plate shows a man beside a shattered ... Most of the content on A History of the World is created by the contributors, who are the museums and members of the public.