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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of people attended the funeral on Thursday of "Last Tommy" Briton Harry Patch, who was the last surviving veteran of the World War One trenches until his death at the age ...

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 ...

Americans are commemorating Veterans Day and recalling its beginning as Armistice Day, marking the guns of World War I falling silent on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. Over a ...

It’s 1914. The German plan going into what would become World War I is to rush troops to the west and overwhelm France quickly, before the much larger and more formidable Russia has a chance to ...