WW1 soldier finally laid to rest after remains identified by scrap of tartan and thistle brooch in French field
A First World War soldier identified by tartan pieces and a thistle brooch has been laid to rest 109 years after his death.
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WW1: Why was the first day of the Somme such a disaster?
On the first day, the German Army suffered around 6,000 casualties - mostly at the hands of the French on the southern part of the Somme. The French, for their part, managed to take all their ...
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French army appears to mock Donald Trump in viral tweet
Donald and Melania Trump were in Paris to mark 100 years since the end of World War One The French army appeared to poke fun at Donald Trump on Twitter, after the US president cancelled a visit to ...
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French soldiers warn of civil war in new letter
The message, published in a right-wing magazine, accuses the French government of granting ... forbids reservists or serving members of the military from expressing opinions in public on religion ...
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WW1: What caused Verdun to be the longest battle of the war?
He needed to weaken the French first. He planned to use ... was the bloodiest day of World War One for the British army. Where did it all go wrong? WW1: Has poetry distorted our view of the ...