But the British soldiers were unable to break through the German defences and were mown down in their thousands by machine gun and artillery fire. This day set a bloody precedent: the Somme ...

it was the innovative use of massed artillery that enabled the Brusilov Offensive of 1916, one of Russia's few successful offensives in WWI. The preparatory bombardment used new techniques such as ...

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a surprise one-day ceasefire in Ukraine for Easter on Saturday, but Kyiv said Russian forces continued artillery fire and called instead for ...