First world

Trench warfare is the iconic image of the First World War. All along the Western Front, the battle ground to a halt as the opposing armies dug in.

Among the striking pictures from the cataclysmic war is a fascinating shot capturing the moment German and British troops put down their weapons for the Christmas truce of 1914.

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Among the striking pictures from the cataclysmic war is a fascinating shot capturing the moment German and British troops put down their weapons for the Christmas truce of 1914.

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By the time the Battle of Verdun drew to a close in December of 1916, it had been going on for nearly a year

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Although we cannot get into the minds of the people waiting in a queue on a cold day in Chukotka, Soviet Union back in 1985 to get wine, or what the daredevil sky boys who built the Empire State Building in 1930-31 were thinking when balancing unsecured on the 88th floor, we can get a fairly good glimpse into the wonders of history.