Thus were the terrible results of gas warfare. When I was stationed in Verdun, France, I went to an American World War I cemetery at Romange. The curator was a World War I veteran vet who survived a ...

The Chemin des Dames is a ridge road in northern France that was the site of several major battles during World War I, most ...

There is little to celebrate in this moment, captured in “2000 Meters to Andriivka” – one of two new documentaries at the Sundance film festival that chronicle the appalling impact of the conflict, ...

from frontline trenches to faraway Russian schools. The newly reclaimed village of Andriivka is a single street of bullet-pocked rubble. It will soon return to Russian hands. And, as devastating ...

The new expansion for The Silver Bayonet was available at Salute 50. I picked up my copy and the game inspired me to get back into my collection. Painting up some of the new bestiary from the ...

After another stint in Egypt, the 7th Brigade proceeded to France as part of the 2nd Australian Division in March 1916 In concert with the 28th Battalion, the 26th mounted the first trench raid ...

A smaller team of four soldiers then advanced to clear the Russian dugouts. Video footage from a chest camera shows Ukrainian soldiers advancing through trench lines, throwing grenades, and firing ...

Hundreds of South African servicemen, mostly black, who died during World War One have been honoured with a new memorial in Cape Town after going unrecognised for more than a century. The 1,772 ...

The guillotine’s story in France had begun just a few years prior. In late 1789, during a discussion about reforming the French penal code, physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin proposed a standard ...

Simple History WW1 Defense in Depth - Trench Tactic (Cross Section) Posted: January 10, 2025 | Last updated: January 10, 2025 Masterminded in the latter half of World War I, the German trench ...

Since I began collecting historic arms in the mid-1980s, I always wanted to have the correct bayonet to go with each gun. Without the bayonet they just didn’t seem complete. The good thing about ...