Olympic became a troop ship during WW1 and was repainted in dazzle. She shows some of the techniques used by dazzle designers. Bold shapes at the bow and stern break up the form of the vessel.

He was a submarine commander in WW1 and realised how close this weapon had come to defeating Britain. He thought that with the right tactics and sufficient U-boats they could sink enough ships to ...

The most important new weapon was a machine that was initially called His Majesty's Land Ship. The tank was designed to withstand machine-gun fire and break through trench defences. Horace Leslie ...