Photograph - Captured German Trench on a Somme Battlefield, France, Sergeant John Lord, World War I, 1916, Black and white photographic print which depicts a captured German trench somewhere on the Somme battlefield. Trench warfare was heavily employed by both the Allied and German forces on the Western Front during World War I. As the War progressed the positioning and design of trenches became far more organised and elaborate, reinforcing the use of trench warfare as a central battle strategy.
Photograph - Captured German Trench on a Somme Battlefield, France, Sergeant John Lord, World War I, 1916, Black and white photographic print which depicts a captured German trench somewhere on the Somme battlefield. Trench warfare was heavily employed by both the Allied and German forces on the Western Front during World War I. As the War progressed the positioning and design of trenches became far more organised and elaborate, reinforcing the use of trench warfare as a central battle strategy.