Trenches became valuable to WW1 armies because they were a defensive ... Soldiers would receive the order to ‘go over the top’ and climb out in formation into No Man’s Land to advance ...

The Battle of the Somme was one of the most devastating battles in history, with over one million casualties in just five ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

What has been equally as influential is the invention of Burberry’s trench coat. British soldiers enlisted during World War I were actually the very first to wear the iconic silhouette in the ...