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English: Spring in the Trenches, Ridge Wood, 1917. image: Three British soldiers waiting in a trench. One stands leaning against the wall of the trench, another sits on a step resting one arm behind his head. The third stands up looking out over the broken landscape beyond. There are the remains of a grove of
In the trenches: Infantry with gas masks, Ypres, 1917 File:Australian infantry small box respirators Ypres 1917 edit.jpg Edit 1 by Fir0002, contrast, sharpening File:Australian Infantry with Small Box Respirators Ypres 1917.jpg Edit 2 by YFB: levels, sharpening, magically found some more pixels :-)
Trench art is any decorative item made by soldiers, prisoners of war, or civilians [citation needed] where the manufacture is directly linked to armed conflict or its consequences. It offers an insight not only to their feelings and emotions about the war, but also their surroundings and the materials they had available to them. [ 1 ]
The Mariana Trench is an oceanic trench located in the western Pacific Ocean, about 200 kilometres (124 mi) east of the Mariana Islands; it is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth. It is crescent-shaped and measures about 2,550 km (1,580 mi) in length and 69 km (43 mi) in width.
Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, ... Pictures of muddy trenches, ...
A trench recently collapsed at a Georgia construction site while a worker was inside, nearly burying the man alive, photos show. Firefighters responded to the scene in Paulding County before noon ...
The siege of Petersburg foreshadowed the trench warfare that would be seen fifty years later in World War I, earning it a prominent position in military history. It also featured the war's largest concentration of African-American troops , who suffered heavy casualties at such engagements as the Battle of the Crater and Chaffin's Farm .
A group of residents say they managed to save their homes from flooding by digging trenches around their estate. As severe flooding hit Leicestershire earlier this week, prompting a major incident ...