Albert Ball was the first pilot of the Royal Flying Corps to receive the Victoria Cross. He was shot down on 7 May 1917. He is credited with shooting down 43 German planes. Image: Imperial War Museums ...
DAN SNOW:Hello, I'm Dan Snow. It's easy to forget when considering World War One that those involved really did come from all over the world, not just the USA, which didn’t enter the war until ...
When Britain declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914, the highly British settler population of Nelson and the Kootenays responded with enthusiasm. About 175 local men and boys enlisted and left ...
When Sam Mendes started writing 1917 ... war and partially to remain at home in those important first few weeks of his newborn daughter’s life. By the next year, the film had blossomed into a ...