Whether they transport us to the trenches of World War II, the frozen landscapes of the Eastern Front, or the turmoil of 20th century revolutions, war films capture the brutal realities of battle ...

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 ...

Soldiers were encouraged to wash their feet regularly and often had their feet inspected. On the Western Front, the war was fought by soldiers in trenches. Trenches were long, narrow ditches dug ...