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79Triumph TR7, TR7 V8 and TR8 Sports Cars
The slow decline of a once great name continued with the Triumph TR7 which came with a weedy 4-cylinder engine, not the TR7 V8 that enthusiasts wanted.
66World One War: 'Vampire' Bunker
Slaughter at Passchendaele 1917 Passchendaele 'Flanders Mud' Royal Engineers in 1914 Constructing the Bunker Medical Bunker In 1917 a world of Sub-terrain labyrinths were created in Flanders in order to escape the carnage of the First World War. ...
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68Australia's Involvement in World War I
World War 1 What does a document study of this soldier reveal about Australia’s involvement in the First World War? Australia’s involvement in World War I (WWI) was significant and paramount to the...
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72An Angel Born in No Man's Land
German troops are crossing the Belgian border with the intention to attack France. The British army is on Belgian soil, ready to meet the Germans... A tale of the Great War.
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71Canada in the First World War - Passchendaele
The Battle of Passchendaele was the final phase of the Third Battle of Ypres. Originally conceived in 1915 by General Haig, it was not until June of 1917 that Field Marshal Haig had the opportunity to finally...
0 comments67Canada in the First World War - Hill 70
In June of 1917 Sir Arthur Currie was made a Lieutenant General and promoted to command the Canadian Corps. The promotion caused a fuss in Canadian political circles as the Canadian Cabinet had not been consulted and the post had been promised to...
0 comments73Canada in the First World War
When Britain declared war on Germany in August of 1914 Canada was automatically at war as well. Canada was as well prepared for war as any part of the British Empire, which means not very well at all....
0 comments73Canada in the First World War - Ypres
Ypres was the largest city (population 16,000) in Belgium not captured by the Germans in 1914. It was the site of 4 major battles of World War One. The first battle was in October of 1914, part of the so-called “Race to the Sea”. The second...
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72Visiting the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium: poignant remembrance of World War One sacrifice in Flanders
This stately structure in Ypres (Dutch: Ieper ), Belgium, which is sometimes known as the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, has been the venue for a moving musical ceremony for many decades, in...
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69SCOURGE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
SCOURGE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS ‘Papa’ Hemmingway had once observed “They wrote in the old days that it is sweet to die for one’s own country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet or fitting in your...
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