Throughout history, horses have played an irreplaceable role in warfare, serving as transport, cavalry, and logistical ...
We all know the stories of the horror of trench warfare in the First World War. Waves of soldiers clambering out of their trenches into a hail of gunfire and nests of barbed wire strewn across ...
Having plotted where we thought they were in the trench, we found several items including horse shoes, shells( some of which were still live) and this barbed wire stanchion. Any picture of a WW1 ...
Historian Dan Snow explains to Michael Douglas how the near stalemate of trench warfare in WW1 was relieved by the introduction of tanks, aircraft and shells. We see how protection was provided ...