That was - historian Andy Robertshaw insists - the experience of most soldiers in the First World War. It was not one of constant fighting, never-ending trench foot and heartless aggression from ...

Shrapnel from mortars, grenades and, above all, artillery projectile bombs, or shells, would account for an estimated 60 percent of the 9.7 million military fatalities of World War I. And ...

“It is more like World War I trench warfare.” He noted that Trump is “incredibly concerned” about the conflict. “President Trump is incredibly concerned about the carnage that is taking ...

The first shots of World War ... trench warfare on the Western Front. At the Battle of La Bassee in northern France Indian soldiers join the Allies for the first time. Britain calls on its Empire ...

So trench foot and trench fever took their ... the ages of 18 and 40 to join the Army. By the end of World War One, it is thought that 1.1 million men died fighting for the UK, including men ...