That’s one heck of a hobby. For those interested in doing so in this country, you can just go to the National WWI memorial in Kansas City to see a recreated trench section, then take up some less rigorous hobby instead
Does he have a machine gun? It’s crap without a machine gun to take care of the krauts when they come over the wire.
I was at Fort Custer in Michigan once. That place, as I remember it, had quite a few WWI style trenches throughout, many overgrown. Very dangerous. What surprised me was how deep they were. Originally Camp Custer, it was built to train for WWI and I was told many of the trenches dated to that era. Very run down in the early 80s. Not a fun place.
Remembering scenes depicting WWI trench warfare in the DOWNTON ABBEY series. That seemed to be pretty authentic. FWIW.
I’ve seen many photos of WWI trenches. Many with soldiers standing in water up to their knees.
was there any way to construct a trench to remove water?
My mother in law’s. Brother in law makes WW1 and WW2 replica bandolier, pouches, and other accessories. He has supplied multiple movies with his gear including Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers
My grandfather served with the 23rd Forestry Engineers in France. His unit made the wood boards for trench shoring, duckboards and bundled scrap for use in the Army kitchens.
After listening to him as a youth, I have zero desire to walk around in a reproduction WWI trench!
See also https://foresthistory.org/digital-collections/world-war-10th-20th-forestry-engineers/
many photos and the real history of that part of the war machine.
They used to have a huge one in the Tennessee State Museum. I’m sure it’s gone now it might upset one of the phone tappers.
Sounds like like the SommeWorld amusement park from Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next novels.
No?! Off to the Tower with him!
Our one daughter went to the WW1 memorials in France as part of a course in her freshman year at college. She has some amazing pictures of where the trenches were. She distinctly remembers the aura/vibe around the German memorial was dark and creepy.