Campaigns and Battles of World War One

From Disaster to Victory: The British Army from 1916-1918

It was on the killing fields of the Somme that the British army learned how to deliver the victory it achieved in 1918. By Dr Dan Todman.

• The Western Front and the Birth of Total War by Dr Stephen Badsey
• Tank: Life and Times of a 'Wonder Weapon' by Patrick Wright
• Daily Mirror Headlines: The Declaration of War, Published 4 August 1914
• Battle of the Marne: 6-10 September 1914
• Battle of Tannenberg: 26-30 August 1914
• Daily Mirror Headlines: The Battle of Ypres, Published 24 April 1915
• Battle of Verdun: 21 February 1916 - July 1916
• Animated Map: Battle of the Somme
• Weapons of War: Mark 1 Tank
• Daily Mirror Headlines: The Battle of the Somme, Published 31 July 1916
• Daily Mirror Headlines: 'Tank' Rams and Takes a Factory, Published 18 September 1916
• Battle of Passchendaele: 31 July - 6 November 1917
• Daily Mirror Headlines: The Hindenburg Line, Published 22 November 1917
• The First Battle of the Atlantic by Dr Gary Sheffield
• The War at Sea: 1914 - 1918 by Dr Eric Grove
• Daily Mirror Headlines: The Battle of Jutland, Published 3 June 1916

The Human Experience of War

What was life - and death - like in the trenches? Six animated insights into the soldier's lot on the Western Front.

• The Human Face of War - Nine very different experiences of World War One
• The Last Tommy Gallery - Britain's oldest soldiers remember the Great War
• Wilfred Owen Audio Gallery - Poems and letters of the war poet, by Dominic Hibberd
• Soldiers' Stories Audio Gallery - Listen to extracts from soldiers' letters and diaries
• War Diaries - Read the diary of the 92nd Infantry Brigade for a fascinating insight into World War One