An aerial view of the trenches, 2 April 1916
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.2001-01-277-29
Description
Photograph of an unidentified aerial view. Taken 2 Apr 1916. From a collection of official and aerial photographs of the Western Front, World War One, 1914-1918. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. As this photograph of a sector of the German line shows, the front line trenches were part of a complex design. Each was backed-up by second and third lines: ‘support’ and ‘reserve’ trenches. Communication trenches linked them all together. The support and reserve trenches were lined with underground shelters or dugouts which were used as protection from enemy fire and the weather.
Campaigns
World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)
People
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