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 ...

Ukrainian medics report a rise in gas gangrene cases, a historical infection re-emerging due to delays in evacuating wounded ...

"When the attack was about to commence, Piper Laidlaw, seeing that his company was somewhat shaken from the effects of gas, ...

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 ...

Soccer played an important role in World War I. That rich history will be on display during FIFA World Cup 26 next summer through a special exhibition at the National World War I Museum and Memorial.

NPMMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. German art student Otto Schubert was 22 years old when he was drafted into the Great War. As the conflict unfolded, he painted a ...

The heart-warming account of a Kerry soldier during World War One who entertained frightened troops in the filthy trenches of France while playing music on his fiddle is the basis of a great story.

"Oh! What a Lovely War" is not a regular movie—and perhaps that is one of the reasons it is not as widely known, and it might also be what makes it irreplaceably original ...

Only one person has ever been awarded both the Victoria Cross and an Olympic gold medal. Lt Gen Sir Philip Neame, from Faversham, Kent, was commended for improvising grenades out of jam tins and ...