Life in the Trenches: A World War I Photo Gallery

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British soldiers in World War I uniforms sit in a trench along a dirt road; one officer uses a field telephone while another writes on a clipboard, issuing orders.

World War I; Winnie the Pooh

German soldiers in World War I trenches celebrate Christmas with a decorated tree, reading letters and gathered closely together near open parcels.

Two World War I soldiers wearing helmets crouch in a sandbag-lined trench, each holding a rifle, with supplies and wooden planks visible around them.

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British soldiers in World War I uniforms sit in a trench along a dirt road; one officer uses a field telephone while another writes on a clipboard, issuing orders.

British troops in World War I

British troops in a trench on the Western Front during World War I.

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World War I

World War I

Men of the Royal Norfolk Regiment undergoing a course of revolver training while...

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World War I

World War I

A British soldier shares his rations with wild rabbits whose warren has been cut...

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World War I

World War I

Allied troops making a night attack as a white phosphorus bomb explodes nearby, Gondrecourt,...

U.S. Signal Corps/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (photo no. 32460/25123)

World War I

World War I

Dead gunner in a German machine gun nest, Villers-devant-Dun, France, November 4,...

U.S. Signal Corps/National Archives, Washington, D.C. (photo no. 111-SC-33408)

World War I; Winnie the Pooh

World War I; Winnie the Pooh

In August 1914 Canadian officer Lt. Harry Colebourn purchased a black bear cub while...

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World War I

World War I

British troops in a frontline trench in France, 1917.

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German soldiers in World War I trenches celebrate Christmas with a decorated tree, reading letters and gathered closely together near open parcels.

World War I; Christmas Truce

German soldiers celebrating Christmas in a trench during World War I.

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World War I

World War I

Members of the American 132nd Infantry, 33rd Division, in a front line trench. The...

U.S. Signal Corps/The National Archives, Washington, D.C. (photo no. 111-SC-26110)

Two World War I soldiers wearing helmets crouch in a sandbag-lined trench, each holding a rifle, with supplies and wooden planks visible around them.

World War I

Two French soldiers in a forward trench not far from German lines during World War...

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World War I

World War I

Soldiers and medical personnel at a German field hospital.

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World War I

World War I

Italian soldier standing watch on the Italo-Austrian front. In the first three years...

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World War I

World War I

Salvation Army workers serving fresh donuts to soldiers just in from the trenches,...

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