Histories

Welcome to the Histories section of our website.

Histories is the result of a collaboration between the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Imperial War Museum. Its aim - to give you an insight into the major campaigns, battles and events of the two world wars.

NEW for autumn 2009 – the North African Campaign, 1940-1943.

Follow the links to:

The Battle of the Somme, 1916

The Ypres Salient

Western Front 1918: The German Offensives 

Western Front 1918: The Advance to Victory

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