How Trenches Changed the Face of Warfare During WWI
Jan 9, 2023 · 15th New York Regiment training for trench warfare, 1910s. (Photo Credit: Underwood Archives / Getty Images) There were three main methods of trench-building …
Warfare Under the Waves – Submarines in the First World War
Sep 27, 2017 · As well as combat vessels, the Germans experimented with using submarines to carry cargo. The first of its type, the Deutschland, sailed to the then-neutral USA in 1916 to …
The Weapons They Carried: WWII Infantry Weapons That Were …
Feb 5, 2018 · Cheaper and faster to make than the Soviet Union’s previous sub-machine gun, the PPD-40, the PPSh-41 was also more accurate. And with whole companies being equipped …
Amazing Engineering – Trench Design and Layout in World War One
Jun 26, 2018 · British Infantry Manual Trench Diagram from 1914. The line nearest the enemy was the fire trench. This was where soldiers regularly saw combat, whether the low-intensity …
The Seven US Presidents Who Served During WWII
Feb 9, 2022 · This Is the Army, 1943.(Photo Credit: George Rinhart / CORBIS / Getty Images) Ronald Reagan was already an actor when he enlisted in the US Army Reserve in 1937, …
The SS – One of the Most Infamous Fighting Forces in History
Sep 2, 2017 · The Schutzstaffel, or SS, was one of the most infamous fighting forces in history. The political shock troopers of the German Nazi party, they were responsible for most of the …
The Cry of Pugad Lawin and the Birth of the Revolution
Jul 17, 2018 · The Philippine Revolution against over three centuries of Spanish domination began with Andrés Bonifacio, leader of the Katipunan, a liberalist movement that sought …
The Empire Of Japan & The Invasion Of The Philippines In WW2
Nov 17, 2017 · The Philippines and Japan. During the 1930s, Japan began a campaign of imperial expansion in the western Pacific. They wanted to gain power over their neighbors and …
Simo Häyhä: The Deadliest Sniper in the History of War
May 10, 2022 · Simo Häyhä during his early years in the Finnish Army. (Photo Credit: Unknown / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) When the Soviet Union launched an illegal invasion of …
Greatest Tank Battle in History – The Battle of Kursk
Aug 15, 2018 · Soviet PTRD anti-tank rifle team during the fighting. By Novosti archive – CC-BY-SA 3.0. A Soviet spy ring learned that the attack would be launched sometime between the 3 …