How did WWI soldiers keep clean in the trenches? The answer lies somewhere between "with great difficulty" and "they didn't." Although WWI was known as the Great War, trench hygiene was anything but ...

As was also the case with the Richmond, Va., Police Dept., the Denver PD received the trench guns by way of the U.S. Army a ...

Given that war cinema goes back to the earliest days of the medium, it should come as no surprise that there is a stunning surplus of exceptional pictures to choose from, with some incredible titles ...

The ultimate horror of trench rats was suffered in WWI when the rodents fed off food, wastes and corpses, promoting disease ...

THERE were at least 28 Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospitals set up in country homes in County Durham during the First World War to help soldiers injured in the frontline trenches to recuperate ... in a ...

The three Russians were hungry and thirsty. Averin Valeriy Vasilievich, a 52-year-old rifleman with the 153rd Tank Regiment, ...

During the war, millions of horses were used in many ... Children could draw pictures or a comic strip of the different helper animals around the trenches with text describing the role of each one.

World War One saw the invention and use of tanks by the allied army. The British Mark I tank was used in September 1916. It could hold ten men and reached speeds of almost four miles per hour.

Qanats can date back 3,000 years, but can be really tricky to find, especially in politically volatile countries.

Following reports that Iran has supplied missiles to Russia, a senior Ukrainian official said they should be allowed to target missile storage facilities. EU nations are buying too much defense ...

One of the little-discussed offensives of the First World War is the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. Taking place between ...

At first, jubilant and proud to serve their country, the recruits quickly realize the true horrors of war: trench conflict and death on a scale none of them ever could've imagined. All Quiet on the ...