As massive armies clashed in France and Russia, the fighting forces dug in into fortified trenches in a desperate attempt to cripple the enemy's onslaught. As the months dragged on and the ...

WW1 SOLDIER JACK: Mud? Oh, we know all about mud here on the Western Front. We’re living in it. We’ve dug hundreds and hundreds of miles of these trenches. They’re full of water in the winter.

By the end of 1914 the German advance had stalled, the armies had dug in, and an extensive network of trenches stretched from the North Sea coast to the Swiss border. An arms race led to the first ...

It might not sound like much to write home about, but the 21-year-old -- Lawrence Enderson Grimshaw -- happened to be a soldier stationed in the trenches during World War I. One century on ...

WW1 SOLDIER JACK: Mud? Oh, we know all about mud here on the Western Front. We’re living in it. We’ve dug hundreds and hundreds of miles of these trenches. They’re full of water in the winter.