U.S. Navy and Marine combat engineers are testing how to make fortifications that can protect against tiny, deadly ...

The frontlines of Russia’s war in Ukraine have become infested with rats and mice, reportedly spreading disease that causes soldiers to vomit and bleed from their eyes, crippling combat ...

Dutch intelligence agencies have gathered evidence of widespread Russian use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine, including dropping a choking agent from drones to drive soldiers out of trenches so ...

The trenches echo scenes from bloody combat of World War 1 and World War 2. Take a look at photos comparing trench warfare in Ukraine today and the historic World Wars.

The trenches in the Donbas are in the same war as anti-radar munitions, widespread use of commercial and military drones, Cold War-era tanks and high-tech sensors, plus makeshift cavalry.

A Russian soldier recruited as a double agent by Ukraine has described burning his own army’s trenches. In a rare interview with one of the Russians now working with the Ukrainian resistance ...

The sight of trenches, endless mud and mass destruction — with just the stumps of trees emerging from a boggy, churned up landscape — is rightly associated with World War I. But in Ukraine ...

Rats have long been a problem in trench warfare. In World War I, when trenches along the Western Front were filled with waste, food, and dead bodies of troops, rat populations exploded.

In “The Book at War,” Andrew Pettegree chronicles this fascinating and sometimes ghastly aspect of literary history. A media historian at St. Andrews University, Mr. Pettegree likes to tackle ...

In World War I, soldiers could not solve the trench rat problem. Instead, they killed rats for their sport. Trying to spike one on a bayonet became a form of entertainment.

The frontlines of Russia’s war in Ukraine have become infested with rats and mice, reportedly spreading disease that causes soldiers to vomit and bleed from their eyes, crippling combat ...