Tobacco was a staple of army life and cigarettes were even used as currency within the British army. Dan also reveals that drugs were common in the trenches, with soldiers relying on substances to ...
DALLAS -- 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. On Veterans Day, America focuses on the ...
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 ...
No matter what you call it, you and your battle buddy are a partnership forged in shared misery and mutual reliance. Your “battle” is the person who has your back in a firefight and checks you in the ...
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Nearly two thousand years after it was carved, a Roman-era stele came to light not through a formal excavation but during ...
World War I set the tone for the 20th century and introduced a new type of warfare: global, mechanical, and brutal. Nathan Hale has gathered some of the most fascinating true-life tales from the war ...