World War I began a century ago this year in Northern Europe, eventually claiming the lives of 10 million soldiers and more than 100,000 Americans.

Life in the trenches during World War One would have been extremely tough. Long periods of boredom were mixed with brief moments of terror. The threat of death kept soldiers on edge, while poor living ...

“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 ...

A US veteran who fought in Ukraine described the intense, close-quarters trench warfare there. He said that sometimes when they took a trench they would pile Russian bodies outside like sandbags ...

Combat trenches in World War I were primarily designed to provide protection against artillery bombardments across No Man’s Land, with enemy reconnaissance often dealing with the same elevation ...