World War One in Africa

During the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese VietCong guerrillas built a vast network of tunnels in the south of the country as part of the insurgency against the South Vietnamese government and their American allies. The tunnel network was a key base and shelter for the North Vietna ...  Show more

On 29 October 2016, Mexico City held the first Día de los Muertos parade, inspired by the opening scene of the 2015 James Bond film, Spectre.The Day of the Dead, an annual festival in Mexico, has been celebrated for thousands of years but didn't used to involve a carnival process ...  Show more

During World War II, African soldiers were a vital part of the Allied forces. Many of them were sent to Burma as reinforcements for the British troops there. Hear just some of their memories - recorded by the BBC in the 1990s.Find out more about African troops in Burma in Another ...  Show more

What drove men to volunteer to fight during World War One? What drove them to the edge of sanity when they got there? 

How ordinary people – soldiers, mothers, nurses, even children – experienced World War One and the little-known human side of the world's first truly global conflict. With stories of love, loss, hope and fervour.