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Battle of the Somme: new research shows detonating a massive mine under German lines too early led...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoThanks to modern geological exploration technology we can piece together the events of July 1 1916...
David Mylchreest: Normandy veteran and one of the first Allied soldiers to cross the Seine in 1944
The Independent via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoHaving landed in Normandy on 12 June 1944 (D-Day plus six, in military parlance), 20-year-old 2nd...
Striking photos of the Ukraine war's front-line trenches echo scenes from the World Wars
Business Insider via Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoTrench warfare is far from obsolete — and these photos show its enduring presence.John Moore/Getty...
The extraordinary untold story of Lanoe Hawker VC, Britain's first ace fighter pilot
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOn 25 July 1915, Captain Lanoe Hawker, a young pilot of the Royal Flying Corps, took off on patrol...
Warfare ruins the environment – and not just on the front lines
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoRoProy/Shutterstock On the morning of December 6 1917, a French cargo ship called SS Mont-Blanc...
Tunnels are a dangerous and ancient strategy that so far Hamas has used 'very effectively'
Business Insider via Yahoo News UK· 8 months agoThe commanding officer of an armored unit receives a message at his HQ located in a tunnel.IWM/Getty...
First scientific study of 1916 war crater yields ‘significant’ new insights
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoUK scientists have uncovered “exciting and significant” new insights into how German soldiers used a...
OPINION - Vladimir Putin may be weeks away from a breakthrough in Ukraine but the West is asleep
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 3 months agoThere is a growing understanding across the Western allies that Ukraine is losing the ground war...