Professor Alastair Hay, a world-renowned expert on chemical weapons, said the use of Novichok in Salisbury “was basically ...
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This SMG was made by a Polish teenager

The Bechowiec (or Beha) is a fascinating SMG produced in small numbers in southern Poland under German occupation during World War Two. It was made for use by the Bataliony Chłopskie (Peasant ...
The Germans' shelling proved accurate throughout - something that surprised British naval officers. At 6.23AM, splinters from ...
On Christmas Eve 1914, battling German and British soldiers laid down their arms and sang Christmas carols together — a brief ...
The soldiers in the 16th Royal Scots were affectionately known as McCrae’s Battalion, named after the lieutenant colonel who founded them, Sir George McCrae. Brought together from Edinburgh and nearby ...
On Christmas Eve in 1914, a light snowfall began to dust the Western Front, unable to settle on the muddy, waterlogged ground ...
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Forgotten American WWI cannon designed for the trenches

The 37mm gun was widely used during World War One because it was the smallest caliber permitted to fire explosive projectiles under the 1899 Hague accords, and one notable variant was built by ...