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Drone-on-drone clashes in Ukraine are like WWI dogfights and tactics are evolving fast
What started as haphazard clashes in the early days of the Ukraine war has developed into sophistic…
Mia Jankowicz
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Ukrainians on pickup trucks are using machine guns designed in WWI to stop Russian drones
A Ukrainian unit is using M2 Brownings on the back of pickup trucks to try to shoot down Russia's e…
Sinéad Baker
World War I expert rates more WWI battles in movies
WWI historian Alexander Watson rates five more First World War battle scenes from movies for realis…
World War I expert rates 6 WWI battles in movies
World War I historian Alexander Watson rates six First World War battle scenes from movies and TV s…
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Meet the 'Arizona Balloon Buster,' the ace WWI pilot famous for shooting down enemy balloons on 'suicide' missions
Balloons were heavily defended, making attacks on them 'practically suicide,' the Air Force said, b…
Jake Epstein
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Wildfires are setting off hundreds of unexploded bombs on WWI battlefields, endangering firefighters
On the site of former World War I battlefields, a huge wildfire has caused hundreds of unexploded o…
Joshua Zitser
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Bomb squad called to ER after 88-year-old man arrives with WWI artillery shell in his anus
The French hospital confirmed the pensioner is recovering well after the 8-inch shell was removed f…
Bethany Dawson
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How the French outsmarted German bomber pilots during WWI by building a sham Paris with fake people and replicas of monuments
"Fake cities had limited utility, of course, but the idea did have its place," said John Ptak, who …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Pentagon chief says Russia's 'relentless shelling' of Ukraine 'harkens back to the horrors of WWI'
"Ukraine needs the firepower and the ammunition to withstand this barrage and to strike back at the…
John Haltiwanger
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The F-22 that took down China's surveillance balloon used the call sign 'FRANK01' in an apparent homage to a heroic pilot from WWI
Frank Luke, an American fighter pilot, was nicknamed the "Arizona Balloon Buster" after shooting do…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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How to recognize and treat trench foot — the deadly condition that claimed thousands of lives in WWI
Trench foot is an extremely painful condition but is relatively straightforward to treat. If left u…
Carla Delgado,Debra Jaliman
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National World War I memorial vandalized with graffiti urging 'Don't Vote!' before it opened as a polling site
Two people spray-painted graffiti near entrances to the Kansas City, Missouri, memorial that said "…
David Choi
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A honeymoon party accidentally triggered a buried WWI bomb in Ukraine, injuring the bride and killing her brother
Norbert Varga and Lidiia Makarchuk were celebrating their marriage with friends and family at the C…
Sophia Ankel
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How a former British paratrooper prepared actors in '1917' to fight WWI's devastating battles
Paul Biddiss, the military technical adviser on the upcoming World War I movie "1917," taught the a…
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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France's army appears to troll Trump for missing a WWI memorial due to rain
Canadian President Justin Trudeau's speech at the memorial included a reference to the rain: "…
Alex Lockie
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Trump defends rain-checking WWI 100 year memorial in France after wide ridicule
President Donald Trump stands amongst the headstones during an American Commemoration Ceremony, Sun…
Alex Lockie
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Trump torches allies, threatens NATO pullout after tense WWI memorial trip to Paris
"Never easy bringing up the fact that the U.S. must be treated fairly, which it hasn't, on both Mil…
Alex Lockie
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Macron reportedly asked Putin not to privately meet Trump during WWI commemorations - but they talked anyway
Putin said on Sunday afternoon that he agreed to the request so as to "not violate" France's planne…
Alexandra Ma
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'I could've f------ gone!': Trump blamed John Kelly for his own decision to bail on a WWI memorial visit, according to a new book
As part of a broader tour of Europe to mark the 100th anniversary of World War I, Trump was schedul…