Soldiers climb out of trenches in this First World War photo. The successes of the 100 Days Offensive in 1918 were influenced by the Allies’ reliance on a strategy of maximum effort, flexible campaigns and advances in tactics.
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Ukraine can borrow lessons from the First World War as the war with Russia enters its third year.
Brrr: a trench in the Donetsk region of east Ukraine where fighting has been going on since 2014.
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The gruelling winter months have arrived in Ukraine and both sides are digging in for a long few months of sub-zero temperatures.
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Sphagnum moss made ideal field dressings for wounded soldiers.
World War I soldiers in a trench. Trenches led to monotony, malnutrition and shellshock.
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For many health professionals, daily practice increasingly resembles trench warfare, which took a grave toll on WWI’s soldiers.
Commonwealth war cemetery at Ypres, Belgium.
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100 years after the end of World War I, some of its brutal lessons.