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Trench Clubs: The Brutal Weapons of World War I
Trench clubs were brutal, silent, and deadly. These medieval-style weapons turned World War I trenches into battlegrounds of close combat!
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What was life like in a World War One trench?
They were ignored and no guns were fired on Christmas ... soldiers on both sides returned to life in the trenches. There are even more World War One resources over on BBC Teach.
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World War I soldiers created underground art in the trenches.
This story originally appeared in the August 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine as "The Hidden World of the Great War ... one of the chapels to the fury of exploding shells and machine-gun ...
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KS3 / KS4 History: What were trench conditions like in World War One?
Dan Snow:Hello, I'm Dan Snow. When we look back at World War One, the trenches are among the first things that come to mind. Those scars on the battlefield that played such a key role in the ...
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The man with a First World War trench in his garden
Military historian and World War One enthusiast Brian Kenny is so dedicated to the cause that he single-handedly dug a trench in his back yard to recreate the conditions endured by so many in ...
Epic History on MSN21d
World War Ones Deadliest Weapon
World War One's deadliest weapon was not the machine gun or rifle, but artillery - responsible for around two-thirds of all casualties on the Western Front. High Explosive obliterated trenches and ...
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This Book on World War I Changed How I Think of Nonfiction
Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare ... written about this war, including John Keegan’s “The First World War” and Barbara W. Tuchman’s “The Guns of August.” ...