What was life like in the trenches of World War I? Soldiers lived in narrow trenches dug into the ground. The conditions were horrible. Let's have a look.

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

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.

Remington designed the Model 10 in 1908, and when World War I came around, they produced 3,500 trench gun variants for U.S. troops. The trench gun variant had its barrel cut from 30 to 23 inches ...

After years of preparation, the completed National World War I Memorial, featuring a 60-foot-long bronze relief sculpture dramatizing the horrors of war, will be unveiled this month in Washington ...

“The World War will end this morning at 6 o’clock.” In Paris local time, it was 11 a.m. Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Ebert, had proposed ending hostilities on the 11th hour of the 11th day of ...

Age-old lessons endure. “As World War I indelibly demonstrated, wars rarely go as planned,” wrote the Oxford historian Margaret MacMillan.. “Military strategists were aware of the growing ...

Trenches have long protected troops from artillery and weaponry on the front lines, such as the devastating machine guns of World War I, though a direct hit from indirect fire can be catastrophic.

The report was reminiscent of those from World War I, where the putrid pileup of waste and corpses allowed “trench rats” to breed rapidly.

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.