After entering the age of firearms, human beings gradually evolved from the scattered soldier pits to trench warfare. Shortly after the outbreak of world war I, the warring parties switched from mobile warfare to trench warfare, and then from trench warfare to trench warfare. The Western Front of World War I formed a system of more than 400 miles of fortified trenches, and trench warfare was far more brutal than the blitzkriegs of World War II.
Soldiers and hares in the trenches
The British dug into the hare's nest as they built the trench, and a British soldier was sharing his rations with the hare.
Night Raids
On August 15, 1918, in the Gonderecourt area of France, the Allies jumped out of the trenches in the light of the white phosphorus bomb blast and launched a night raid.
Machine gun shooters killed in battle
German machine gun shooters die in trench facilities near Villers-de-Vent-Dun, France, on November 4, 1918.
Soldiers of the Royal Norfolk Regiment are wearing gas masks for revolver training.
In the spring of 1915, after poison gas warfare was introduced to the Western Front, front-line troops were required to wear gas masks to work and fight.
The origin of Winnie the Pooh
In August 1914, Canadian officer Harry M. Lieutenant Colborne purchased a black bear cub on his way to England and named the bear Winnie after his hometown of Winnieberg, and Winnie the Pooh soon became the mascot of Coleborne's unit, the Canadian 2nd Infantry Brigade. Before heading to France, Colborn housed the bear at London Zoo, where Winnie the Pooh quickly became a favorite attraction for kids, with one of the children, Christopher, renaming his stuffed bear toy Winnie the Pooh after visiting the zoo. Christopher's father, Alan. Alexander. Milne published a series of children's books based on this image and made Winnie the Pooh one of the most popular cartoon characters in the world.
British army in the trenches of the front line in France - 1917
German soldiers celebrate Christmas in the trenches
On 7 December 1914, the Archbishop of England made a proposal to provide a temporary truce for officers and men at the front to celebrate Christmas. This proposal was quickly echoed by both sides of the fighting, and the families and friends of the officers and soldiers were also working hard to make a loving and joyful Christmas for the officers and soldiers, who prepared letters, Christmas cards and packages filled with warm clothes, food, cigarettes, and medicines. To add to the christmas atmosphere on the front lines, they even made a small Christmas tree.
American soldier in World War I
Soldiers of the 132nd Infantry Regiment of the U.S. 33rd Division were in the trenches of the French front, while the German defensive positions were only 1100 meters away.
Two French soldiers in the trenches of the front not far from the German line
Soldiers and medical personnel in German field hospitals
Italian soldiers stand guard on the Italian-Austrian mountain front
In the first three years of the war, frostbite and avalanches claimed twice as many lives as direct combat on the battlefield.
Charity on the battlefield
On October 12, 1918, in Varène, France, Salvation Army staff served freshly baked donuts to soldiers in the trenches. The Salvation Army is an international religious and charitable public welfare organization founded in 1865 by Mr. and Mrs. Bu Weilian and Mr. and Mrs. Bu Kaitherine in London, England, with the form of an army as its structure and administrative policy, and Christianity as its core faith.