What are the battlefields of the First World War after 100 years

One of the most terrible and large-scale wars that people will remember for a very long time, the First World War. This year marks exactly 100 years since its completion, November 11, 1918. Even after a century, the world keeps the memory of those events that changed the life and fate of millions of people. The war, which was supposed to end at lightning speed, eventually dragged on for 50 months. It’s hard to imagine how many severe “scars” the battlefields of those years put on the ground, but many of them haven’t healed so far. Today we will see how the battlefields of the First World War look after 100 years.

German fortification remaining in the forest since the Meuse-Argon offensive (Argonne, France).

Traces of bombs in Vimy Ridge (France). Nature covered the consequences of the massacre organized by people, and now animals walk peacefully here.

A piece of barbed wire left from that time, like a souvenir from the past (Verdun, France).

Stone crosses on the graves of German soldiers (Hogled, Belgium).

The former German bunker has been standing in the forest since the First World War (Verdun, France).

The gates of the Chateau de Supir castle were completely destroyed by the war, but now they have been reconstructed (northern France).

All that remains of the castle Chateau de la Hutte in Pelogeret (Belgium), which served as the observation post of British artillery. The place was destroyed by German gunners.

The fortification that can be found in the forest of the Argon forest (France).

This is not at all a strange walking trail, but the real military trenches in Duamon (Verdun, France).

Nature, as it can, hides the traces of the terrible events of a hundred years ago. For example, wild poppies now grow in this trench (Diksmeyde, Belgium).

Lingering greenery a former German bunker (Verdun, France).

Inside a defensive structure in Duamon (France).

When shooting from a height, the trenches and defenses remaining from the time of the war are clearly visible.

Such a relief was formed here from the rupture of artillery shells (Verdun, France).

German bunker located on a hill in Kuixi (France).

During the First World War, there were German trenches (France).

Little has been left of this bunker in Pelogeret (Belgium) since the end of the war.

The ruins of a church destroyed by fighting (Verdun, France).

Former steel machine-gun tower (Verdun, France).

As you can see, even a whole century is not enough for the earth to heal the wounds inflicted on it by war (Beaumont-Amel, France).

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