WWI From Above

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The beginnings of photo recon courtesy of a former mapping buddy. There were many things I learned from these videos. I never realized the trench system was so extensive, for one.




 
I actually walked through a trench in Belgium - Flanders Field. I wish I had a tape recorder for that tour - all day long, and we covered a lot of ground. It was fascinating and horrible. Those poor boys were in such miserable, miserable conditions.
 
woodstock said:
I actually walked through a trench in Belgium - Flanders Field.
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I'm sure that was very interesting. I like visiting historical places and museums. I think it's a taste I acquired somewhat late in life because I did not enjoy history in school.
 
I've only started watching it, but it's fascinating! Thanks, Mari! The scenes of devastation were beyond horrifying. I think back to Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, and I don't think I got anywhere near the appreciation for the destruction reading the book as I did from these videos.
 
I'd like to get some of the steel that the unexploded German artillery projectile was made of. It was noticed lying on the ground, still dangerous after 90 + years and almost rust free. Wow some steel.

Cheers:

Paul
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gprellwitz said:
I've only started watching it, but it's fascinating! Thanks, Mari! The scenes of devastation were beyond horrifying. I think back to Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, and I don't think I got anywhere near the appreciation for the destruction reading the book as I did from these videos.
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I was amazed at the level of destruction too as well as the astonishing number of casualties. The most interesting part for me, though, is when the interviewer shows the airship footage to the pilot's daughter at the end of the 4th video.
 
Finally finished watching these. Amazing, sobering... Wow.

Thanks for posting them, Mari!
 
My father fought in that war. He ran away from home in Oakland CA and lied about his age to enlist in the Canadian Army. He was only thirteen years old in the trenches. His company was gas attacked, he ended up as the only survivor, they said it was his age that saved him. He had to take pills every day for the rest of his short life to keep the liquids in his lungs under control. My aunt told me this story.

He married my mother in his late thirties, she was twenty. He died when he was in his early forties. I was about three years old, so I never knew him. My step dad fought and was wounded in the leg in WWII.

John
 
Thanks for reviving the thread, forgot about it and didn't have time to see til now. Sobering yet emotional.
 
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