If only those walls could talk !

Very nice photo :)

The zig zag pattern gives hint to the horror that was their lives every minute of the day. Amazing to see this history.

Madness of men !!!

On a crisp winter morn, 12 brave men on both sides stay static in the wet and the mud, burning with cold, and hearts pounding waiting for that whistle to go over the top. Madness of politicians is closer to the truth, they hide in bunkers like cowards, whilst real men fight and die.

Not sure if those roofs would offer any protections beside the elements..... Interesting shot. Aloha

Again, fascinating capture!

It brings it home. So glad that schools are taking children to visit these places.

I cant begin to imagine what it was like.

My grandfather fought in France. His lungs were damaged during a gas attack. I never knew him because he died at the age of 43 in 1938. Your images bring this home.

Amazing capture and post work my friend. God bless.

Really magnificent photos, thank you. I found some of the comments truly fascinating in a profoundly naive way. The zig zag pattern of the trench was adopted to reduce the number of causalities when an enemy artillery shell or hand grenade landed in the trench, only the soldiers in that section would be killed or wounded. The comment about the tin roof over part the trench, most likely back in 1918 it was covered with dirt and if you go back and take a closer look, hides access to a bunker where the off duty soldiers lived while not on duty, they covered over the bunker entrances to keep the bunkers from being flooded with rain and mud. Also, like one of the other commentators my great-grandfather, rather then my grandfather, also fought in the great war, he was with the American expeditionary forces, 3rd Battalion 6th Marines and fought in the battle of Belleau Woods. Sadly, neither my father or I ever knew him, he's buried at the American Cemetery at Aisne Marne, France.

Excellent preservation of world history!