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World War I: Trench Warfare
World War I: Trench Warfare(11 Photos)
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Trench warfare reached its highest development on the Western Front during World War I (1914–18), when armies of millions of men faced each other in a line of trenches extending from the Belgian coast through northeastern France to Switzerland.
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WWI Firsts
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WWI may have been the war to end all wars, but it was also the beginning of many military and civilian technologies.
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1916 Battle of the Somme
1916 Battle of the SommeVideo Clip (1:36)
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After two years of trench warfare, the Allies attempt to break through German lines on the Western Front. The ensuing battle will last for months and result in more than one million casualties.
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Allies Launch Disastrous Attack at Gallipoli
Allies Launch Disastrous Attack at GallipoliVideo Clip (1:39)
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An ill-fated assault on Turkish forces leads to 500,000 casualties in World War I.
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World War I Soldiers Learn to Pack
World War I Soldiers Learn to PackVideo Clip (3:36)
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Backpacks developed in World War I are still relevant today. In this Modern Marvels video, each soldier literally carries the gear they need to function in battle and to sustain them for a long period of time.
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Treaty of Versailles Ends World War I
Treaty of Versailles Ends World War IVideo Clip (1:56)
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German resentment over harsh peace terms leads to a rise in nationalist sentiment and the eventual rise to power of Adolf Hitler.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Delivers D-Day Prayer
Franklin D. Roosevelt Delivers D-Day PrayerAudio Clip (3:37)
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In a national radio broadcast on June 6, 1944, as 160,000 Allied troops land in Normandy in an attempt to liberate France, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks America to join him in a prayer.
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The Somme campaign in 1916 was the first great offensive of World War I for the British, and came at a deadly cost.
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