August 1-16: The Olympic Games take place in Berlin ... May 7: Germany surrenders unconditionally. World War II in Europe ends. May 23: British tanks enter Flensburg, Germany, where troops ...

In 1914, Europe's most powerful countries went to war with each other. World War One lasted for four years, from 1914-1918, and resulted in the deaths of millions. What was life like on the front ...

The British Empire is also dragged into the conflict and the war in Europe starts to expand across the globe. The first shots of World War One ... on its Empire and 1.5 million Indian soldiers ...

World War One ended 11th November 1918 and took the lives of nine million soldiers. But as Michael Palin discovers, its battlegrounds in Europe are still full of revealing evidence of bitter fighting.