Facing a stalemated Western Front by 1915, the German army developed small-scale night raids and ad hoc assault detachments ...
As lethal chlorine clouds rolled across European trenches in 1915, frontline infantrymen battled advanced asphyxiation ...
At 8:30 p.m., a Royal Irish Rifle officer reported “Germans are illuminating their trenches, are singing songs and wishing us a Happy Xmas.” Down the line, German soldiers, accompanied by brass ...