How boots changed the path of warfare forever
Trench foot, a condition caused by extended periods of wet and cold feet, was one of the most significant health issues that took a toll on soldiers in World War…
The 6 most terrifying weapons of World War I
When the Great War began in 1914, the armies on both sides brought new technologies to the battlefield the likes of which the world had never seen. The destruction and carnage caused by these new weapons was so exten…
In the trenches together: A Navy wife’s untimely death illuminates the strength of military spouse friendships
“Nobody expects this,” friend and veteran Navy spouse Julie Donnelly said. “You watch it play out in your mind, people coming to your door telling you your husband’s never coming…
After 100 years, World War I battlefields are poisoned and uninhabitable
No war in recent memory can compare to the meat grinder of World War I. Europe still bears the scars of the war, even almost a century later. The gruesome and terrifying type of warfare typical of the Great War had a lasting impact on those who witn…
Why trench warfare wasn’t as dumb of an idea as it seems
There is undoubtedly no worse place for troops to live and fight in than the trenches of old. Soldiers would dig fighting positions into the ground and, with no way to continually clear out the rodents, water, sewage, and bodies, the fortifications …