Hi all,
I think most of those pictures were made to save the location of their friend's death in order to send information to relatives afterward. I think that the most frightening thing for everybody
is to die in the middle of nowhere without somebody by you who will tell your family about it.
The problem for a basic foot soldier is that you you are marching several miles in a strange and unknown land, it's quiet, then a offensive, you fight, comrades are falling around you and then you march again. NCOs and officers have maps; you just have to follow them.
Did men knew what happened to corpses or graves ?
Jean-Yves
I think most of those pictures were made to save the location of their friend's death in order to send information to relatives afterward. I think that the most frightening thing for everybody
is to die in the middle of nowhere without somebody by you who will tell your family about it.
The problem for a basic foot soldier is that you you are marching several miles in a strange and unknown land, it's quiet, then a offensive, you fight, comrades are falling around you and then you march again. NCOs and officers have maps; you just have to follow them.
Did men knew what happened to corpses or graves ?
Jean-Yves
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