World War I began a century ago this year in Northern Europe, eventually claiming the lives of 10 million soldiers and more than 100,000 Americans.

Even so, the story of the trench coat starts roughly 100 years before the outbreak of World War I in 1914. As early as 1823, rubberized cotton was being used in weatherproof outerwear for both ...

Here’s some background information about World War I, also known as the First World War and the Great War, which lasted from 1914 to 1918. Causes of World War I The assassination of Archduke Franz ...