French World War I helmet could prevent soldiers' brain injuries According to researchers in the field, modern day military helmets, including those used by the US military today, ...

New research suggests helmets used in World War I protected soldiers against overhead artillery blasts just as well as modern helmets—and one, the French Adrian helmet, actually performed better.

The combat helmet we know today didn't come of age until World War I, when artillery and timed air bursts rained shrapnel down on soldiers. As the story goes, August-Louis Adrian, a French ...

Two helmets belonging to World War Two British soldiers massacred by the SS in May 1940 have been discovered and donated to museums in France and England.. Only two men survived the execution out ...