This article is from the Ozarks Heritage Welcome Center in West Plains. More information is available on their Facebook page. Stephen W. Thompson, born in West Plains in 1894, holds […] ...
By early 1916 the first prototype was built at Saint Chamond factory. Development was slow and it took until May 1917, for the first service examples to be ready, making it the second tank to be built ...
July 1, 1916—the first day of the Battle of the Somme became the bloodiest day in British military history. Over 57,000 soldiers were lost in mere hours, in a battle that was both a disaster and a ...