28 May, 2015

The Perfectly Preserved World War I Trench | Atlas Obscura

The Perfectly Preserved World War I Trench | Atlas Obscura: The fields of Northern France and Belgium still bear many of the scars of last century’s Great War, but they are a faint reminder of battle carnage on the Western Front. After the Armistice, farmers returned to find their fields and villages totally destroyed by four years of trench warfare. Craters mark spots where artillery shells exploded but much of the area is now covered over with grass, hedgerows and forests.



 Except for one place.