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What Did Soldiers Eat in the Trenches of World War One?

Tobacco was a staple of army life and cigarettes were even used as currency within the British army. Dan also reveals that drugs were common in the trenches, with soldiers relying on substances to ...
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Surprising secrets under World War I trenches

DALLAS -- World War I began a century ago this year in Northern Europe, eventually claiming the lives of 10 million soldiers and more than 100,000 Americans. On Veterans Day, America focuses on the ...
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World War I's Christmas Truce: When fighting paused for the holiday

On Christmas Eve 1914, in the dank, muddy trenches on the Western Front of the first world war, a remarkable thing happened. It came to be called the Christmas Truce. And it remains one of the most ...
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Hands-on classroom education digs full-size trenches, modeling after soldier techniques from WWI

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Solanco High School took students out of the classroom and put them in the trenches for today’s unique lesson on WWI history. Instruction takes a deeper approach each year with ...
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Lengthy takes and mile-long trenches: the making of Mendes' war drama "1917"

LONDON (Reuters) - Presenting his World War One battlefield movie "1917" as a single shot had pros and cons for Oscar winning director Sam Mendes. Mistakes meant lengthy retakes but "accidents" also ...