The wartime tunnels which were home to thousands

The wartime tunnels are 2.75 miles (4.4km) long with 12 entrances. They were built to house 60,000 people a total of 21 metres (70ft) underground. Mr Pankhurst said: "They could sleep here or they ...

WWI soldiers’ messages in a bottle found on Australian beach more than 100 years later

Messages in a bottle written by two World War I soldiers have been discovered on Australia's coast. The Brown family found ...

WWI soldiers' messages in a bottle found on Australian beach

Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers travelling to the battlefields of France during World War I have been found more than a century later on Australia’s coast by the Brown family.

After the first world war, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home

Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life.

WWI messages in a bottle found on beach after a century

WWI messages in a bottle found on beach after a century - They were written by two soldiers who died not long afterwards ...
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The Great Dig: How Leningrad’s Civilians Built a Fortress Against Hitler's Armies

Discover how hundreds of thousands of citizen volunteers endured freezing conditions to dig over 300 miles of trenches, erect ...