Most histories of the Great War point out that the Germans picked their
defense lines with care attempting to always site them on ridge lines,
being initially the aggressor, they could choose where they wished to
fall back to. The Allies, who were trying to remove the Germans from
France and Belgium, were forced to put their lines where they opposed
the Germans, which lo and behold as the Germans chose the ground ended
up being in lowlands. The Germans also built drains to allow standing
water to escape, where possible, towards the allied lines, and used
pumps for the same purpose where necessary.
frank theriault wrote:
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 8:38 AM, P. J. Alling
<webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
Not a lot of Color Photography of WWII let alone WWI
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-37025.html
Either the Germans were very good housekeepers or we're not seeing
~all~ of the German trenches. B&W images of Allied trenches seem
overwhelmingly to feature mud, muck and mire. The German trenches
also seem to have much more wooden shoring than photos that I've seen
of Allied trenches.
A very interesting set of photos, and very timely posting on your part. Thanks.
cheers,
frank
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