First World War

Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin. (Getty Images)

First World War

Did a British agent murder Rasputin?

Photo of members of the Versailles Conference

First World War

Your guide to the Treaty of Versailles

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Robert Sackville-West describes attempts to identify the bodies of the dead after the devastating battles of the First World War. (Image by Getty Images)

Searching for WW1’s fallen soldiers . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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First World War

10 surprising facts about First World War uniforms

Black and white image of several African men pushing two French missionaries in a sort of chair with wheels.

Think piece Why history must take a stance

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Historical recipe Fish Sausages

A homemade Ouija board helped two World War I prisoners of war escape

A homemade ouija board, a treasure hunt and fake madness: the great escape of World War I

Portrait of First World War nurse Edith Cavell with one of her dogs

First World War

Edith Cavell: how the executed British First World War nurse became a symbol of peace

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A black-and-white image shows King George V inspecting soldiers

How did the British royals survive WW1? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A black-and-white image shows King George V inspecting soldiers

How George V won the war

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Neil Faulkner reveals how the Anglo-Arab Wars of 1870-1920 helped give rise to the first modern jihad

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Politicians in suits discuss the Paris Peace Treaty inside the Palace of Versailles

The Paris Peace Conference: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two Hitler Youth who have surrendered to Allied Forces, Germany, 1945. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Innocence under fire: how children were used in warfare of the past

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Margalit Fox shares the story of two British prisoners of war who used a ouija board to launch an escape bid during the First World War

Seances, skis and secrets: an extraordinary WWI escape . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Theodore Roosevelt visiting a US army camp, c1918. (Photo by The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

The great American U-turn: from isolationism to WW1 combatants