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French must hold their trenches: WW1 German assault - The Great War Total War mod gameplay

Welcome back to another WW1 battle. This time the french hold a defensive position against a German assault. Enjoy the Battle ...
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First WWI gas attack produced new horrors, changed warfare

STEENSTRATE, Belgium (AP) — As a spring breeze wafted into his trench, commander Georges Lamour of the French 73rd infantry saw something almost surreal drift his way. A yellow-green cloud. He barely ...
Reuters

WW1 trenches football goes on display

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A football that British soldiers kicked across No Man's Land as they advanced toward German trenches during a World War One battle has been put on display in a London museum.
Napa Valley Register

The Great War: American forces reach the trenches

On Nov. 30, 1917, 100 years ago in World War I, a large U.S. non-combat unit was the first such to engage the enemy. The 11th Engineer Regiment, 1,400 strong, composed of volunteer railway workers ...
NPR

Restored French Trenches Tell Of Loss, Optimism

When Americans think of visiting battlefields in France they usually head to Normandy and the cemeteries and sites of the 1944 D-Day invasion. Some of the most horrific battles involving American ...
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WWI Centennial: German Spring Offensive of 1918 threatens Paris

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Soldiers and allies on the Western Front in 1918 faced a dreaded but expected bloody German Spring Offensive, which the Germans referred to as the Kaiserschlacht, or Kaiser's Battle ...