and an extensive network of trenches stretched from the North Sea coast to the Swiss border. An arms race led to the first mass use of poison gas, air warfare, and tanks. On the western front ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

These structures collect water in a tank, and store it long enough to let particles sink to the bottom before the water moves to the infiltration trench. Sometimes the water propagates through the ...

Simple History WW1 Defense in Depth - Trench Tactic (Cross Section) Posted: January 10, 2025 | Last updated: January 10, 2025 Masterminded in the latter half of World War I, the German trench ...

Historian Dan Snow explains to Michael Douglas how the near stalemate of trench warfare in WW1 was relieved by the introduction of tanks, aircraft and shells. We see how protection was provided ...

P7 pupils from schools around Ullapool are involved in the project A World War One trench system has been recreated near Ullapool as part of a school history project. P7 pupils from Ullapool ...