romuloametza
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WW1: Trenches, Death, Mayhem (3 Viewers)
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I agree. I'm also very fascinated of WWI. All those young men who were sent to their deaths. Some places had a life expectancy of 3 days. Thousands and thousands of soldiers killed every day. That war showed the true face of mankind and the destructive powers we were willing to inflict upon our brothers in the other trench. This was "the loss of innocence".
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Great photos and with the description made it even better
These photos are getting harder and harder to find since most that's available has already been posted. But here's a few that I don't think have been posted - they're new to me.
Set 57.
183. I titled the image as a British armored car but it might be a Canadian armored car.
184. The first image of war that I saw as a kid. I used to stare and stare it this and make up my own endings as to what happened to the British tank and the German soldiers attacking it.
185. A German soldier stands over the body of a dead French soldier.
Set 57.
183. I titled the image as a British armored car but it might be a Canadian armored car.
184. The first image of war that I saw as a kid. I used to stare and stare it this and make up my own endings as to what happened to the British tank and the German soldiers attacking it.
185. A German soldier stands over the body of a dead French soldier.
Sounds like an awesome trip, Rosie. I'd love to go there...or anywhere that was once the front but I'd be out in farmers fields and in forests with my metal detector and shovel. But would never make it through customs with anything I found.
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Set 59.
188.
189. Austrian soldiers on the charge. c1914.
190. Dead French soldier rotting in trench.
191. German soldiers in their trench. The soldier in the forefront seems to expecting something as he grips his grendade in both hands, ready to pull the cord and toss it. That, or he's holding a shovel.
Ya, he's usually the first posted and most posted in these types of threads. Some soldiers would be stationed wherever on the front lines, they get relieved for some rest, then get sent back and find the same corpses lying in the same spots, like this one.Amazing thread. Thanks a lot.
Always loved/was fascinated by this one after seeing it in a book as a kid -
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Wow, it took me a while to go through this but I am now glad that I did. Thanks for this history lesson, I think it is one that should never be forgotten, or WWII for that matter. It is hummbling to see. It is also gut wrenching at the same time. So many dead, just so much death. I think all people of the world should see these images, then look down at the ground you stand on and think of the people who died to defend it. Personally I am mostly Native American and I have been shown by my grandmother the foot prints of my elders. That too is very humbling. I pray to them often and thank them for their sacrifice. If only these images could show the world that peace is always better than death.
rhiannonbrain
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if you could get yourself over to the british war cemetery near trieste in italy, please lay a few poppies on the graves there for me. my great grandfather lies beneath one of the stones..and i look forward, with interest to seeing your wipers' pics. good on you.
litiehuahua
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rhiannonbrain
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...and where are my manners? thank you for this fine thread.
Just got back from "Wipers".
The pictures will follow.
I went to the Menin Gate, I read the names on the wall.........
I laid my poppies here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyne_Cot
Once again in silence, I read the words on the grave stones, The rows and rows of White headstones. Wall upon wall of the names of the missing and the dead.............
I felt a twinge as I recited the verse.........
"They shall not grow old,
As we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them,
Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
And in the morning
We will remember them."
– Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)
And then I read "The War to end all wars"....................
It was at that point I felt emotional.
Not of grief or sorrow, but anger, War and dead are still what we witness today, the only thing that's changed is the way it's conducted.
We haven't learnt, human life feels cheap and it's the politicians that have cheapened it, nobody has a conscience.
Anyway, I had a great day and I'll post pics as soon as I can figure out how to get them off the bloody camera. x
rhiannonbrain
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That's quite genuinely the most profound thing I've read today; thanks for that, Rosie. You're a rare gem. x
Miss Atrocity
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Absolutely enlightening thread. History's corpses may not be as obscure as ones seen nowadays, but are far more interesting (in my oppinion).
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