February 12, 2026
Each year Belgium bomb disposal units remove more than 150 metric tons of unexploded ordnance from former World War I battlefields. It is referred to as the “Iron Harvest.”
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Does Trench Warfare Still Exist?
The phrase “trench warfare” immediately conjures images of the mud and slaughter of the Western Front during World War I. Millions died in fruitless offensives that saw men “go over the top” into withering machine gun fire. Ultimately, inventions such as tanks and airplanes allowed troops to move
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