An American WWI soldier writes a letter while encased ... within sight of those purple peaks which mark the southernmost point of the French trenches. Lunéville is a gray, industrial town of ...

French soldiers warm up glasses of wine to drink in the trenches. National Geographic He proudly shows us a monumental carving of Marianne, the classic French symbol of liberty, guarding the ...

Trenches became valuable to WW1 armies because they were a defensive ... Many believe that Zone Rouge will never be fully cleared - the French government estimates it will take another 300 years ...

From the French Palace of Versailles to London ... You may also like: How did WWI soldiers keep clean in the trenches? The answer lies somewhere between "with great difficulty" and "they didn ...

In the late afternoon, a green cloud - poisonous chlorine gas - rose from the German trenches and moved slowly with the wind over the French lines. The French troops who weren't immediately ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Dec. 24, 1914, during World War I, impromptu Christmas truces began to take hold along parts of the Western Front ...