Historic WWI Photo – Shallow Trenches On The Western Front, 1917

January 19, 2012 by Dan Black

A high water table or hard ground spelled shallow trenches on the Western Front. These Canadian soldiers occupy a support trench, May 1917.
PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA001168

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