PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Illustrations of history@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoCutaway of a well-established Imperial German trench, WW1lemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down11
arrow-up1111arrow-down1imageCutaway of a well-established Imperial German trench, WW1lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Illustrations of history@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agotbf, competence was not in high supply during the Great War. In places they dug trenches below the fucking water table.
minus-squareEllia Plissken@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoright but when they were building complex underground structures like this, they called in experienced miners. every country already had lots of experience digging underground. Britain used coal miners
tbf, competence was not in high supply during the Great War. In places they dug trenches below the fucking water table.
right but when they were building complex underground structures like this, they called in experienced miners. every country already had lots of experience digging underground. Britain used coal miners