Richard Hiatt explains that Hollywood depictions of exploding shells during the Napoleonic Wars are not entirely accurate.

World War-era shells and mines explode due to abnormal heat and forest fires in Europe. Cases of detonation of old ammunition occurred in France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. Researchers link ...

In December 1944, the Ardennes gave the German offensive a natural shield. Snow, fog, thick forest, and low cloud reduced Allied visibility and grounded much of the air power that had dominated ...