The First World War: soldiers from at least 20 countries were plunged in the hell of trenches and caught under a deluge of bombs. A century later, archaeologists help bring to light the daily life of the soldiers fighting on the French Eastern Front and reveal unexpected aspects of life on the front.
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So many bodies stayed where they fell without a proper funeral or even simply being buried it is so sad and now their bones are being found more sadness
ReplyDeleteGrandpa J went over as a member of a hospital company in 1917. He passed before I got to ask about his experiences. I've walked through cemeteries in Europe from both world wars, most people have no idea of the scope of the number of casualties from war on that scale.
ReplyDeleteOne of my great grandfathers brought back a shell casing. 3ft tall by 8" and solid brass. I can't fathom the cost of that war, all the resources that were consumed.
ReplyDeleteI have visited several times the WWI Battlefields, and the Cemetaries. Americans really don't know much about WWI, and the hell unleashed on the countryside and on Human Beings.
ReplyDeleteIf you ever want to travel to France to see for yourself, I urge you to do so.
There's still relatively large areas of formerly inhabited France where you can't go anymore, it's so full of unstable century-old UXO. Deminers get killed every year dealing with the leftovers of the Great War. Use your favorite internet mapping and take a look around the area northeast of the Ossuary at Verdun for a closer look.
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