“Some of the [German] trenches have two stories, and at the back of many of them are subterranean rest houses built of concrete and connected with the trenches by passages. The rooms are about seven feet high and ten feet square, and above the ground all evidence of the work is concealed by green boughs and shrubbery.”
The picture below depicts the excavation of a German concrete trench that was uncovered in 1998 at Poiziere, France.
Click here to read an article about life in a W.W. I German listening post…
Look at these photos of a recently excavated German trench – by THE DAILY MAIL...
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wwi German Concrete TrenchesConcrete Trenches during ww1WW1 German Trench SystemConcrete Trenches in WW1 FranceWWi Trench Newspaper ArticleMagazine Article about WW1 TrenchesPrimary Source Concerning WW1 experiencesPrimary Source Concerning German Trenches in ww1 francePrimary Source Concerning Trench WarfareGerman Trench 1914-1918FH Gailor Report on Concrete German Trenches 1915FH Gailor American Rhode Scholar 1915
