The machine-gun was a game-changing weapon of mass destruction ... In the battlefield conditions of WW1 this meant an average of 500 rounds a minute with a range of over 3,000 yards or 2,743m.
Planes were a very new invention, they were rare and fragile. But when World War One started they became weapons. Pilots could spy on enemy targets and the first bombs were dropped from the air.
Gun expert Robert Tilney was excited to find a Vickers machine gun from 1917 A man who bought a World War One machine gun 20 years ago for £1,000 has been told it is now worthless by BBC Antiques ...
Even before the guns fell silent on the Western Front, the long-term social consequences of World War One were being felt back home. Women had a stronger voice, education, health and housing ...