They are probably revamped every now and then. The sun and rain wont let anything last this long without maintenance

@Travis_22

11 күн бұрын

100%. Sandbags don't last long

@alexanderwalle3568

5 күн бұрын

Rats have kept the place comfy for generations.

I did not know there were “The Great War” trenches this well preserved. I knew of many mounds left, but not this. Thank you for this up close look!

One could only imagine how haunted those trenches are

@kremits9360

Ай бұрын

They’re probably replicas not actual trenches from the war

@RaidianaS

27 күн бұрын

@@kremits9360he said they are preserved, meaning they are original

@filipkogut8533

27 күн бұрын

What do you mean by "haunted"?

@Stinkplayzroblox

27 күн бұрын

@@filipkogut8533 The mental illness, shell shocked soldiers, voices, gunshots, wounds, trenchfoot

@tacticlol

27 күн бұрын

WW1 battlefield are proof that ghosts don’t exist. If they did those places would be uninhabitable.

Truly amazing. I can only imagine the men, chaos of the battle, shells exploding everywhere. Bullets zipping by. If those trenches could talk, the stories it could tell.

@bertiewooster3326

2 ай бұрын

Why not go to Ukraine today and experience it for real old chum !

@ShinzR

2 ай бұрын

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@jasonnicholasschwarz7788

Ай бұрын

​@@bertiewooster3326Ukraine? You must be joking....

@bertiewooster3326

Ай бұрын

@@jasonnicholasschwarz7788 Not tough enough then ?

@jasonnicholasschwarz7788

Ай бұрын

@@bertiewooster3326 can't possibly be compared with WW1.

Visited these trenches last week. Amazing place, one of the highlights of my trip

@davefandango1303

Ай бұрын

Are they hard to find? There's not much on Google maps, looks like there's nothing there at all.

@tomconnolly9895

Ай бұрын

@@davefandango1303 Type in Main de Massiges on Google maps and it will come up. It's located in a pretty rural/remote area about half way between Reims and Verdun.

@shanerjedi1138

29 күн бұрын

@@davefandango1303 La Main De Massiges on google maps. 51800 Massiges pinpoint. That will lead you to it.

@hellogetaway

18 күн бұрын

@@davefandango1303 it's the massiges trenches, main de massiges. just look that up and you'll be able to find it :) 👍

@Triumphator616

3 күн бұрын

@@davefandango1303 Type this into google maps: La Main De Massiges WWI Frontline

The metallic pieces are not from the early 1900s. No way. The trench might have been there, that metal was probably put there in the 1980s as a mock up to get more tourists.

@hansenhenry5438

27 күн бұрын

i mean obviously, the trench has been preserved but isnt original. I kind of doubt most of the material in the trench is actually original but it was replaced and well kept enough to be very similar to how it was in ww1

@privatesnowball3032

25 күн бұрын

Yeah that's what I was thinking. Nature would grow over it within 5 years time. Great to rebuild what it was like though- things like drainage ditches, wood bridges, parapets, wire, etc need to be kept up even if there isn't artillery falling down

@NakedOwl501

17 күн бұрын

I... don't think anybody believed everything was from WWI, mate.

@lithitbzh

16 күн бұрын

French here, they have re dig the trench at the exact place where there was. and yes those kind of metallic board existed back then but of course those ones here are new but almost same model.

Thank you for sharing that. I was kind of looking for something like that where I could see what the trenches look like today.

Thank you.

It is a tourist attraction to Show how it was and not original.still an interesting place to visit

We are planning a trip to France, can you give more specifics on how to find this?

@Interccg

4 ай бұрын

Brandon Massiges not far from Verdun. Small village . As you come into town…. There is a sign on a wall that says trenches. They are amazing!

@Interccg

4 ай бұрын

www.lamaindemassiges.com

Wow, didnt know these were that well preserved. If i ever go the france this is a certain must do.

Just found this video. This is absolutely incredible. One day I’ll walk through.

I've seen so many trenches in movies, games, art, etc. but seeing you walk around in them just gives me another perspective I've never really seen. The depth, length, shape, the textures. I can only imagine the horror it must've felt like to see another man jump down into one ontop of you or to be walking to your knees in mud, in these cramped spaces. I really hope to be able to visit them myself one day. Hallowing stuff.

@melc311

16 күн бұрын

The way WW1 is show in games, films and old footage makes it looks like it took place in a different universe, with overcast skies and everything being gray and muddy. In reality, WW1 looked like this video. Sunny days with beautiful clouds and green fields.

@nepnepguythegreatestofall6032

12 күн бұрын

@@melc311 While it's mostly for atmospheric purposes for how horrifying the war was, it can be very tiring seeing the dull, gloomy scenery in almost every WW1 depiction there is

Amazing

I’m obsessed with the WW1 trenches, I’m glad I’m able to see what the trenches were like in color instead of just engravings in the ground with a couple pieces of wood and metal sticking out

look out for Sabaton performing Fields of Verdun!

Interesting to think how many men took those same steps

Look remarkably close to the trenches used in the movie alls quiet on the western front

Wow. Just imagine them with knee deep water, leeches, trenchfoot, malnutrition, rainy, cold, machine-gun bullets whizzing overhead, poison gas attacks, close-quarter fighting, infections, sickness, and artillery shells landing among the inhabitants of the trenches. Sheer horror. The trenches ran some 500 miles from the North Sea to Switzerland. The area between the Allied trenches and the German trenches was "no-man's land", which was aptly named. The remnants of many of them are still visible. This one near Verdun is remarkably well preserved and intact.

La main de massige

Keep those trenches youll need them if you continue to pick a fight with Russia Not sure though if anyone will be able or willing to help you out this time around😮

Horrific months surely, but soldiers would frequently rotate, meaning you would probably spend a few days in there at a time. You just had to hope the day you were in it wouldn’t be the one they attacked.

Too clean?

Europe is once again fighting a trench warfare in Ukraine.

It’s sad how the French trenches are compared to the German trenches

So everything im seeing is completely original, built by the greatest generations? Thats amazing!

@hansblitz7770

29 күн бұрын

No. Probably just the trench itself. Maybe some of the timbers. Other stuff are replicas.

I play Battlefield 1 video game. And it looks just like this in game.

@blem5376

25 күн бұрын

Battlefield 1 isn’t historically accurate

Are they genuine or reconstructed

@spookyt8692

Ай бұрын

I would imagine replaced and reconstructed as time goes on bit by bit. It's the same with HMS victory. There's only around 14%(highest estimate) original bits left, some of which is the copper plating on the bottom.

They put body parts in sand bags :(

Nice video. You say that the French lost 1.5M men in the opening months of World War I. Well that’s far from correct- about that much were killed in the totalityof the war.

@ashleytodd4220

Ай бұрын

thats just not true🤣

@Azact

Ай бұрын

Bs, there was 17 million total deaths. France did lose 1,5m men

@Azact

Ай бұрын

Total casualties of ww1 wasnt 1,5 million bud 💀 It was 17 million Google and wikipedia is free

@markk9446

29 күн бұрын

Casualties =/= deaths

@poggingmilk9452

28 күн бұрын

French Propaganda, in reality France doesnt exist

"preserved" is dishonest, none of this wouldve remained for over 100 years.

@rizekitty1484

28 күн бұрын

Obviously don't know what the word preserved means do ya?

@mini_mozzer

28 күн бұрын

@@rizekitty1484 to keep in its original state... barely any of this is original... those flimsy little sticks lining the clean wood wall wouldnt have been like that for over 100 years. nearly all of this was replaced at some point

@DolphLundgrensDolphinDungeon

25 күн бұрын

​@@mini_mozzeryou just described it being preserved

@mini_mozzer

25 күн бұрын

@@DolphLundgrensDolphinDungeon preserved implies its in its original state, which it isnt. its ALL REPLACED. read my words. REPLACED. not preserved.

@DolphLundgrensDolphinDungeon

25 күн бұрын

@@mini_mozzer You're only struggling because you think it implies that, but it doesn't. Preserving something doesn't require that is in it's original form. I don't know why you're so hung up on this idea you've created yourself

Lot of enthousiasme as well as inconsistencies. The main ones being that the trenches where rebuilt, while the originals where not built to last, sunk in the mud and rot away. Further the French didn't't loose that number in the onset, but during the entire war! I am a fan of people taking the effort to shoot and upload, but for the correctness and since the uploads have a wide exposure do some preparation / fact-checking before.

These look like reconstructed and not original WW1 trenches.

I got spooked as you poked your head over. Reminds me of my time in my days of boyhood, drafted in '15. Sent out to Verdun. One of my best buds got a Gewehr 98 bullet right off the helmet. After that, he'd crawl from position to position. After all, he was the tallest in our unit. Standing at an astounding 5'6

I wager a prediction that in 6 years these trenches will be used again.

@vihanuyyuru6

22 күн бұрын

Germany is going to invade France in 2030??

Amazing. I have to go one day.

@Thomas-uu9ex

Ай бұрын

Wellcome

Ahhh yes just like the new ones in Ukraine.

Nah this is Ukraine in 2024

battlefieldhistory.co.uk/la-main-de-massiges/

www.lamaindemassiges.com

Oh sorry I thought this was Ukraine 🇺🇦

@exitstence420

Ай бұрын

haha how funny the fukking title says France...

@Hershey419

27 күн бұрын

They don’t make full trenches like this in Ukraine💀💀