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Historic WWI Photo – Shallow Trenches On The Western Front, 1917

A high water table or hard ground spelled shallow trenches on the Western Front. These Canadian soldiers occupy a support trench, May 1917.
PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA001168


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