Photographed in 1917, an endless line of Russian soldiers sit patiently in a trench as they anticipate a German attack. National Geographic Nearby, on one of the tunnel walls, our headlamps ...

I quite like playing in the mud. But I’d probably feel different if I was a soldier in the trenches during World War One. WW1 SOLDIER JACK: Mud? Oh, we know all about mud here on the Western Front.

Winter temperatures can drop below zero, and no bonfires are allowed in the trenches because the light would attract drones that could target and hit the soldiers. Even making a phone call ...

Roscommon, 4 June 1915 - A letter from Lance Corporal D. Higgins of the Leinster Regiment to his mother in Roscommon, has painted a vivid picture of life at the front. The letter begins: 'It's a ...

They played key roles in: By the later years of WWI, the use of horses had shifted primarily to transport, as trench warfare made traditional cavalry nearly impossible. For many soldiers ...

The war in Ukraine is one of robots and horses. It’s WW1-style trench warfare with modern killing machines. As Kyiv is perfecting the art of lethal drones on the ground, sea, and air, Moscow has ...