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US veteran in Ukraine said that he'd pile Russian bodies up like sandbags after taking trenches in scenes that reminded him of World War I

The US veteran said that in Ukraine, they would take Russian bodies out of trenches they took and s…

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Why Ukraine's bloodiest battle looked like a scene from World War I

The long and bloody battle for Bakhmut saw a huge death toll and soldiers fighting in trenches, dra…

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British divers retrieved an 80-pound brass bell from the only American destroyer sunk in World War I more than 100 years after the ship was torpedoed

The USS Jacob Jones sunk off the coast of Britain in December 1917 after being torpedoed by a Germa…

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Video shows Ukrainian forces dual wielding World War I-era machine guns out of the back of a pickup truck

Footage shows the unusual technical in action, with Ukrainian troops targeting and firing at threat…

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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…

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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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Amputations in Ukraine are as widespread as in the trenches of World War I due to Russia's heavy use of mines and artillery: report

As many as 50,000 Ukrainians may have lost a limb during Russia's invasion of the country, accordin…

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Ukraine's troops fight off 'massive' Russian attacks in Bakhmut with World War I-era machine guns and sniper traps

The brutal fighting in Ukraine, filled with trenches and heavy casualties, has frequently been comp…

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Ukraine's battlefields look like World War I but with a new and terrifying addition that leaves troops with almost nowhere to hide

Ferocious fighting in Ukraine has opened a fresh and deadly chapter in the history of warfare.

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Deep-sea divers helped solve a century-old U-boat mystery in the waters between the UK and France

British divers helped confirm the identity of two German U-boats found at the bottom of the English…

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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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Navies around the world had big plans for 'cruiser submarines,' but they fell apart during World War II

Cruiser submarines featured large external guns, but their long ranges and major firepower weren't …

Benjamin Brimelow   


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Why the Marines' first battle in Europe still influences the Corps a century later

In just a few days of fighting at Belleau Wood, the Marines had taken more casualties than in all p…

Benjamin Brimelow   


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Trump's Secretary of Veterans Affairs defended the president's reported insults toward the military, saying it's just 'politics'

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie responded to an Atlantic report that claimed Trump called …

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Trump reportedly took home $750,000 worth of art from the home of the US ambassador to France in 2018 after canceling a World War I cemetery visit

Trump had extra time to spend in the ambassador's home after canceling his cemetery visit, and foun…

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Trump called US Marines who died during World War I 'losers' and 'suckers,' report says

"Why should I go to that cemetery? It's filled with losers," Trump reportedly told aides ahead of a…

Sonam Sheth,David Choi   


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Trump said the 1918 Spanish flu 'probably ended' World War II, which did not begin until 21 years after that pandemic

President Donald Trump probably meant to refer to World War I, the final months of which overlapped…

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The Olympics have been canceled before — check out photos from the Inter-Allied Games that replaced the 1916 Olympic Games

From June 22 t0 July 6 of 1919, athletes from Allied nations — including the US, UK, Australia, Fra…

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An artist turned World War I posters into calls for Americans to wear face masks, and the images are striking

The filmmaker and writer Clara Aranovich reimagined what iconic American propaganda images would lo…

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