WW1
1916 series: Lines on a map, and a legacy of unrest
Both 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 Somme
The 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 Africa
For 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 War
Vast 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 Spring
Literature and life lessons help to understand activists