In the summer of 1914, Canada, a young dominion of the British Empire with a population of just 8 million, was thrust into a ...

The First World War transformed global warfare, spreading fighting across continents, seas, and the air between 1914 and 1918. Governments mobilised i.

From the first gas attacks in 1915 to Syria and Russia, this gallery traces a century of chemical warfare and the origins of the global ban.

“Of all the First World War sites I’ve visited, Talbot House is the most evocative, yet most folk I know have never heard of it,” said William Cook in The Telegraph. Located in Poperinge, a market ...

The last time the Vanderbilt Commodores football program had a season like this, the SEC was still 17 years away from its founding. You have to go back to 1915 to find a Vandy campaign like this. On ...

YPRES, Belgium (AP) — Red poppy flowers were dropped onto soldiers, politicians and onlookers from across the world gathered in western Belgium on Tuesday to commemorate the end of World War I. US ...

John McCrae, born in Guelph, Ontario, was a poet and physician who began writing poetry at a young age. His early works appeared in Canadian magazines and newspapers in the mid-1890s, often reflecting ...

World War I fighting officially stopped at 11 a.m. on November 11 in 1918. Ceremonies marking the anniversary took place around much of the world, including the Menin Gate at Ypres in Belgium.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John McCrae pictured with his dog in an undated photo. Serving as a medical officer in the Canadian Expeditionary Force as a ...

Once a refuge for British troops near Ypres, Talbot House in Belgium still radiates the comfort of home William Cook writes about travel in continental Europe for The Telegraph, in particular Central ...