Pet terrier of the Middlesex Regiment of the British Army with its catch of rats in the trenches on the Western Front during World War I. (Imperial War Museums, The UK) One of the most critical ...
In 1914, Europe's most powerful countries went to war with each other. World War One lasted for four years, from 1914-1918, and resulted in the deaths of millions. What was life like on the front ...
When we think of World War One we picture weary soldiers ‘coughing like hags’ cursing as they wade through ‘the sludge’ of the trenches. We hear the ‘guttering’ and ‘gargling’ of a ...
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 ... Putin’s war. “I knew the area well ...
the Denver PD received the trench guns by way of the U.S. Army a few years after the end of World War I. Note that the guns are fitted with Model 1917 rifle bayonets. Many of us have, at one time ...