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What Was Daily Life Like in a WWI Trench?
We all know the stories of the horror of trench warfare in the First World War. Waves of soldiers clambering out of their trenches into a hail of gunfire and nests of barbed wire strewn across ...
On the 100th anniversary of WWI’s end, lessons on life in health care’s trenches For many health professionals, daily practice resembles trench warfare, which took a grave toll on WWI's soldiers ...
The phrase "life in the trenches" originated during World War One, as did "trench foot," the dreaded fungal disease caused by nonstop exposure to mud and water.
Life in the trenches during World War One would have been extremely tough. Long periods of boredom were mixed with brief ...
"Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson and his studio enhanced and colorized 100 hours of WWI footage while using innovative audio techniques to make the most intimate look at the trenches of ...
GOSPORT, England (AP) -- Two lines of trenches face off across No Man's Land. A soldier marches, rifle in hand, along a ditch. These are instantly familiar images of World War I -- but this is ...
The movie "Tolkien" is out July 23 on Digital (with Blu-ray and DVD releases to follow on Aug. 6), and we've got a clip from the film. "Tolkien" follows the early life of author and professor John ...
In this clip from 1967 a very young-looking Jonathan Dimbleby speaks to Sydney Hill about what Christmas was like in the trenches in 1914.
What was it like to live and work in a World War One trench? Find out in this year 3/4 Bitesize primary history guide.
Alice Winn's "In Memoriam," which follows a forbidden love in World War I, wins the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award.