Life and death in the trenches

[Dusty]

A century ago, World War I began.

Soon enough, the front lines became home to millions of soldiers from
France, Germany, Russia, the U.S., and many other nations. For the next
four years, soldiers slept, ate, bathed, prayed, and died on these front
lines.

And now, thanks to a collection of never-before-seen photographs
released by Reuters Pictures, we can witness those everyday actions as
they unfold in muddy trenches, at camp sites, and across the dried out
fields tragically peppered with freshly dug graves. Hundreds of glass
plates were reportedly left behind by a viscount who was entrenched with
the Armoured Cavalry Branch of the French Army at the time. That the
specifics of the photographer and the dates go unknown make the bleak
scenes all the more powerful.

On Memorial Day, as we remember our own fallen, and take a look back at
the foreign troops who fought for their countries � and for their
comrades in arms.

http://theweek.com/article/index/262116/life-and-death-in-the-trenches

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