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.

National Geographic Nearby, on one of the ... world of World War I, connecting us to the individual soldiers, many of whom would not survive the nightmare of trench warfare. The conflict began ...

One hundred years ago today, the First World War ended in Europe ... Transfixed by the horrific experience of trench warfare, many in the West could not imagine that Hitler desired not only ...

The Eastern Front, February, 1917 The First World War had been raging for nearly three years. The battles were horrific. A combination of modern weaponry and antiquated tactics turned the fighting ...

Key Point: Trench weapons started as weapons made by soldiers who were actively fighting in the trenches. Eventually, the military forces caught on and began issuing their own. World War 1,..