A 23-year-old German lieutenant heard a wounded American soldier crying for help in a minefield on Nov. 12, 1944. Lt.

We walk through a full day in the life of a British soldier on the Western Front—from the dreaded “stand-to” at dawn and the morning hate, to rum rations, hard biscuits, and the endless work of ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we ...

NPMMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. German art student Otto Schubert was 22 years old when he was drafted into the Great War. As the conflict unfolded, he painted a ...