1916 series: Lines on a map, and a legacy of unrestBoth sides in the Great War strove to create tensions within their enemies. And Islamic loyalties were a prime target.
How we remember the Battle of the SommeThe Battle of the Somme’s horrific futility dominates our memories, yet there are aspects of the battle that pointed, however weakly, to how and why the war would finally end
1916 series: What the Great War meant for AfricaFor Africa the First World War “was both the culmination of European imperialism and the beginning of its decline."
The forgotten Chinese labourers of the First World WarVast battalions of Chinese labourers were shipped through Canada to work on the front lines of Europe, many of them to their deaths
’The most fiercely protracted battle this earth had ever seen’The year 1916 marked the point of no return in the First World War. A look at the titanic French-German struggle at Verdun
The heroism of Al-Khabaz, Swartz & the Maple SpringLiterature and life lessons help to understand activists