In World War One, the trench system on the Western Front extended from the English Channel to the Swiss Alps - a distance of roughly 475 miles.. It was in trenches that British soldiers spent most ...

The Western front played host to some of the deadliest battles of the first world war. Here, we look at where it was, as well as the incidents that took place there. Where was the Western Front in … ...

Find out about life on the front line in World War One with BBC Bitesize History. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.

Imagine, it’s the winter of 1916. War has been raging in Europe for over two years with no end in sight. The line along the Western Front had barely altered despite the best efforts of the ...

Netflix's WW1 film swept the Baftas to become a frontrunner for best picture at this year's Oscars. It's both an unlikely – and predictable – turn of events, writes Nicholas Barber.

When the “All Quiet on the Western Front” set about making ... in human history at the end of World War 1 — when very young men were sacrificed in ... warfare of the World War 1 front.

Even with predecessors such as “Paths of Glory,” “A Very Long Engagement,” “1917” and of course Lewis Milestone’s 1930 best picture winner of the same name, director Edward Berger ...

The incidents in the area during the war inspired the 1929 novel All Quiet on the Western Front, written by German WW1 veteran Erich Maria Remarque. This led to a 1979 film of the same name, and a ...