Photographed in 1917, an endless line of Russian soldiers sit patiently in a trench as they anticipate a German attack. National Geographic Nearby, on one of the tunnel walls, our headlamps ...

Throughout history, horses have played an irreplaceable role in warfare, serving as transport, cavalry, and logistical ...

I quite like playing in the mud. But I’d probably feel different if I was a soldier in the trenches during World War One. WW1 SOLDIER JACK: Mud? Oh, we know all about mud here on the Western Front.

Roscommon, 4 June 1915 - A letter from Lance Corporal D. Higgins of the Leinster Regiment to his mother in Roscommon, has painted a vivid picture of life at the front. The letter begins: 'It's a ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

In a ‘living memorial’ to the British soldiers killed in the Somme, young men dressed in WW1 uniforms appeared ... a song that was sung in the trenches to the tune of Auld Lang Syne.