Ukrainian soldiers are using drones to lead them through trenches, an Australian military trainer said. That's partly because of a fear of Russian booby traps, he told BI. Drones are playing an ...

On Christmas 1914, thousands of WWI enemies briefly laid down their guns, meeting in No Man’s Land to sing carols, swap gifts and even play soccer.

Sailors Naval Construction Battalion 14 and Marines from 8th Engineer Support Battalion build out a trench designed to be reinforced against drones in Latvia. Picturing a sky full of drones over their ...

Soldiers in Ukraine say that grenades are key for close-quarters trench fighting, and Western forces are paying attention.

Soldiers scramble through trenches under a haze of yellow smoke, machine gunfire booms across the fields, invisible drones buzz overhead and voices scream in Ukrainian "Watch out!" The scene could be ...

In December 1914, British and German soldiers fighting World War I unofficially stopped combat to celebrate Christmas. Known ...

It’s difficult to imagine since the world’s history has been a series of conquests and defenses. But there was once a Christmas when ...

On Christmas Eve in 1914, a light snowfall began to dust the Western Front, unable to settle on the muddy, waterlogged ground ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Solanco High School took students out of the classroom and put them in the trenches for today’s unique lesson on WWI history. Instruction takes a deeper approach each year with ...

On Christmas Eve in 1914, many men were in the trenches fighting the war, but the spirit of Christmas halted the conflict for ...

Trench warfare is a method of battle in which soldiers dig trench networks, usually in large, open fields, to provide cover amidst the flat terrain. These trenches often contain bunkers and tunnels ...

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