and an extensive network of trenches stretched from the North Sea coast to the Swiss border. An arms race led to the first mass use of poison gas, air warfare, and tanks. On the western front ...

Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Andrew Walworth talks to former NY Times Pentagon correspondent Thom Shanker about what U.S. military strategists have learned from Ukraine's extremely ...

Q: Did the training you got prepare you for trench warfare ... Were you in the first war?" I said yes. "Were you ever with any gas?" I said yes. He said, "We needn't look any further." ...

WASHINGTON – Russian forces are deploying an internationally banned choking gas to drive Ukrainian ... noting Ukraine’s heavy reliance on trench warfare to contain Russian advances.

Then on April 22, 1915, old-fashioned warfare turned modern. In the late afternoon, a green cloud - poisonous chlorine gas - rose from the German trenches and moved slowly with the wind over the ...

Then on April 22, 1915, old-fashioned warfare turned modern. In the late afternoon, a green cloud - poisonous chlorine gas - rose from the German trenches and moved slowly with the wind over the ...