The War to End All Wars

During World War I the battles around Ypres, the Somme, Verdun and Passchendaele cost the lives of millions of British, French and German soldiers. Moreover, the inclusion of troops from the colonies of these European Empires made the 1914 - 1918 conflict the first, unique world war.

One day in the trenches

With ten million dead by 1918 and countless more injured in mind and body, World War I marked the end of an era of innocence. The young men who flocked to the colours in 1914 for 'King and Country' or 'Vater und Vaterland' could not have imagined what awaited them in the static warfare of the trenches. The machinery of the 19th century Industrial Revolution placed the means of mass slaughter in the hands of the 20th century armies that put paid to dreams of an entire generation.

Let your expert guide lead you through these killing fields of Europe.

  • Visit the scenes of carnage at Ypres and the Somme
  • Walk through the trenches where soldiers lived and died.
  • Witness in awe the conquences of war at the memorials to the missing.
  • Fall silent with respect in the silent cities of the dead.
  • Participate in the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate.