Now all roads lead to France and heavy is the tread
Of the living; but the dead returning lightly dance.
Edward Thomas, Roads

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Then and Now: Wintertime on the Western Front


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Reims Cathedral Today


U.S. Dressing Station, St. Mihiel Sector, Winter 1917/18



Ouverage, Verdun



Scottish Reserve Trench, 1918, Location Unknown



Vimy Ridge Memorial


French Troop Convoy, 1916


U.S. Somme Cemetery


British Light Rail Line, Arras Sector



Lochnagar Mine Crater, Somme Sector



German Prisoners Assembling a Nissen Hut


Sources: ABMC, Traces of War, National Archives, National Library of Scotland, WW1Cemeteries.com

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