Frighteningly beautiful photo of WWI Trench Warfare

Looks like a beautiful light show....until you realize the absolute unimaginable horror going on down below.

Some of the pictures online recently are very interesting. I'll look for some of the collections and link them.

I grew up next to a man that had been mustered out of WWI with trench foot, I'll never forget the stories he told us kids.

if you are interested, dan carlin has some awesome ww1 podcasts.

AMwood wrote:if you are interested, dan carlin has some awesome ww1 podcasts.

Yes, if you have a link.

Some photo collections:

http://www.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/wwi/

http://www.history.com/photos/world-war-i-trench-warfare

http://time.com/3803957/rare-color-photographs-from-the-trenches-of-world-war-i/

AMwood wrote:if you are interested, dan carlin has some awesome ww1 podcasts.

Yup, I love his Hardcore History podcast, been subscribing to it for years. Haven't gotten a chance to listen to the latest that came out last week yet, but will soon.

sure. it's the blueprint for armageddon series.

http://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/

LooseGoose wrote:

AMwood wrote:if you are interested, dan carlin has some awesome ww1 podcasts.

Yes, if you have a link.

http://www.dancarlin.com/

It's on iTunes and other podcast software. He also does a current events/political podcast called Common Sense, but Hardcore History is the history one. I've never listened to the Common Sense one, but am a big fan of Hardcore History (and I'm not a big podcast listener).

They only come out every 2-3 months because he does so much reading/researching, but it's a great product in the end. Lately he's been going on for 3-4 hours each podcast or more, and just came out with part 5 of his WWI series. He did a 4-5 part series on the Roman Empire, a 4-5 part series on the Khans, a 3 part series on the WWII Eastern Front, plus a lot of stand alone or 1-2 part podcasts. He's not a historian, but calls himself a "fan of history", which is a good way to describe myself, so maybe that's why Harcore History clicks with me.

MiamiSpartan wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:

Yes, if you have a link.

http://www.dancarlin.com/

It's on iTunes and other podcast software. He also does a current events/political podcast called Common Sense, but Hardcore History is the history one. I've never listened to the Common Sense one, but am a big fan of Hardcore History (and I'm not a big podcast listener).

They only come out every 2-3 months because he does so much reading/researching, but it's a great product in the end. Lately he's been going on for 3-4 hours each podcast or more, and just came out with part 5 of his WWI series. He did a 4-5 part series on the Roman Empire, a 4-5 part series on the Khans, a 3 part series on the WWII Eastern Front, plus a lot of stand alone or 1-2 part podcasts. He's not a historian, but calls himself a "fan of history", which is a good way to describe myself, so maybe that's why Harcore History clicks with me.

i agree. maybe it's a good thing he's not a historian because he can actually make a semi dry subject very interesting.

That's a big ass gun!