More than four million Indian troops fought for the British in the two World Wars. Although they served with distinction in ...

And when Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium, Britain and its world-wide empire entered the conflict and World War One began. The war in Europe spread to Africa, Asia, and the ...

France made a small-scale attempt to attack ... To find out more about the role of troops from across the British Empire during World War Two, read this guide. The evacuation of Dunkirk also ...

The Lafayette Escadrille: The American Volunteers Who Flew For France in World War One is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV ...

The Holy Roman Empire and Spain switched sides in support ... against each other far more recently. During the Second World War, France was completely defeated by Germany and split in two.

Men joined up and fought in World War I, also known as the Great War, for all kinds of reasons; some fought for the Empire, ...