The 'Pompeii' of the Western Front

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The 'Pompeii' of the Western Front: Archaeologists find the bodies of 21 tragic World War One German soldiers in perfectly preserved trenches where they were buried alive by an Allied shell

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ars-later.html

[Mappa]

[Tobysauer]

Fascinating !
I am amazed at the condition of the Artillery holster
Thanks for the link
Cheers Toby.

[Brad Posey]

Amazing!!!!

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[Jean-Loup]

They could find many similar Pompei's if they decided to invest the time and money into it.

JL

[GEBIRGS-JAGER]

I Have seen the documentary on History tv. Brian

[Jägermarty]

I posted about this a while back but the pics in this link are much better than the one I saw

[rittervomhuf]

my thoughts are with the soldiers....
may they rest in peace....

[GELIS44]

Great article but I wanted to see the dead troops.

[kammo man]

Humbling .


owen

[mrLawson]

It feels good that serious people excivate this site, so the items found is recorded and keept preserved and don´t end up on E-bay like other battlefield relics.

God rest the soles of the buried soldiers!

Christopher

[Simon H]

The broken timbers of the trench look so evocative of those old black and white images of the Great War. It's good to know that these Alte Kammeraden will now be laid to rest with their comrades in a proper cemetary.