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War Overview: Trench Warfare Photos

A dozen men engage in hand-to-hand combat over a trench in World war I

Hand to hand combat along a trench at Ypres in 1914. (OSA, Oregon State Defense Council Records, World War I Photographs)


 
A dozen men in a trench with pick axes work while other men above look on.

American soldiers use picks and shovels to work on a trench near St. Mihiels. (OSA, Oregon State Defense Council Records, World War I Photographs)


 
Trench viewed from one end looks downward at a long row of men in helments and combat uniforms.

French soldiers move along one of a network of trenches on their way to fight at the front lines. (OSA, Oregon State Defense Council Records, World War I Photographs)


 
Aerial view of battlefield with trench lines.
 
An aerial view of a battlefield shows a German trench line being overrun late in the war. The pock marks are huge craters left by artillery shells. (OSA, Oregon State Defense Council Records, World War I Photographs)