Explore the forgotten history of the 500,000 cats that served in the WWI trenches—from hunting rats to alerting soldiers of gas attacks.

Ever wondered how World War I soldiers stayed clean (or if they could at all) amid the mud, lice, and rats of the trenches?

A claim has recently surfaced stating that around 500,000 cats were sent to the trenches of WWI. In our archival records of this war, cats absolutely show up across front-line and support areas, and ...