Ghosts of the Trenches: Camouflage Tactics in World War I

What We Should Remember on Armistice Day

World War I wasn’t a war for democracy — it was a catastrophic, barbaric conflict that left tens of millions of people dead and set the stage for anti-democratic rollbacks for years to come. Anti-war socialists were right to oppose it.

Ghosts of the Trenches: Camouflage Tactics in World War I

World War I unleashed an era of unprecedented warfare. Vast networks of trenches snaked across Europe, transforming open fields into deadly mazes. Traditional battle strategies quickly became obsolete as armies faced relentless machine gun fire, artillery barrages, and the ever-present threat of aerial observation. In this grim landscape, survival depended on invisibility. Soldiers and strategists ...