France

German soldiers at the battle of the Somme. (Photo by Robert Hunt/Windmill Books/UIG via Getty Images)

The Somme through German eyes

British gunners busily engaged in putting over a curtain barrage. Somme campaign, France, 1916. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The Somme soldiers’ stories

Premium

Guillaume Apollinaire and his wife, Jacqueline Kolb, on the terrace of the boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris, France, in 1918. (Photo by adoc-photos/Corbis via Getty Images)

My history hero: Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Chateau d'Hougoutmont, Belgium, was the scene of one of the most important battles in British and European history – the battle of Waterloo. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bravery at Waterloo: the button seller and the drummer boy

The Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. (Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)

Q&A How much did it cost to build Versailles?

French troops under shellfire during the battle of Verdun. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

The Library Verdun - hell on Earth

Statue of Napoleon I toppled

La débâcle! The aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War

Three men wearing hats inspect a sack of potatoes, c1917.

Q&A When did the potato catch on in Europe?

Premium

Soldiers following the battle of the Somme

Books interview with Andrew Roberts: “I’d like to put an end to the ‘Blackadder’ view of the First World War” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Roscoff, Brittany, France

My favourite place: Brittany, France

An attendant and his guard dog at the world's first pet cemetery, Paris,

A dog’s-eye view of Paris

Premium

HEX_Voices_Michael Wood

Michael Wood on… the battle of Agincourt . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

817-258277_sml-b695461

My favourite place: Mark Stoyle

The Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo

Why Waterloo fires our imaginations

A dead German soldier during the Antwerp offensive

The Library Ardennes 1944: Hitler's last gamble