I still play the pipes that saved my great-grandfather's life in WW1
After piper Malcolm Campbell was shot and left for dead during World War One, he credited his bagpipes with helping to save ...
Ukraine war is forcing British soldiers to re-learn trench warfare
The Army hasn’t fought in trenches since The Falklands, now a new generation of soldiers are preparing to face Russia in them ...
More Than 20 Years Later, This Russell Crowe War Movie Remains the Gold Standard for Tactical Military Movies
Master and Commander takes us back to the Napoleonic Wars, where Russell Crowe plays Captain Jack Aubrey, commanding the ...
Officer about the advantage of Russian fighters: There are heavy-duty regions
The Russian army is stronger than the troops of the West, despite the difference in "budgetary capacities," said reserve ...
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Trench Clubs: The Brutal Weapons of World War I
Trench clubs were brutal, silent, and deadly. These medieval-style weapons turned World War I trenches into battlegrounds of ...
A Thousand Snipers in the Sky: The New War in Ukraine
Drones have changed the war in Ukraine, with soldiers adapting off-the-shelf models and swarming the front lines.
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This Book on World War I Changed How I Think of Nonfiction
Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our ...