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!
@V77710
9 күн бұрын
They are probably revamped every now and then. The sun and rain wont let anything last this long without maintenance
@Travis_22
2 күн бұрын
100%. Sandbags don't last long
@michaelmurphy6869
2 ай бұрын
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
Ай бұрын
@jasonnicholasschwarz7788
21 күн бұрын
@@bertiewooster3326Ukraine? You must be joking....
@bertiewooster3326
21 күн бұрын
@@jasonnicholasschwarz7788 Not tough enough then ?
@jasonnicholasschwarz7788
21 күн бұрын
@@bertiewooster3326 can't possibly be compared with WW1.
@Realnewjerseyhalloweenman
25 күн бұрын
One could only imagine how haunted those trenches are
@kremits9360
21 күн бұрын
They’re probably replicas not actual trenches from the war
@RaidianaS
18 күн бұрын
@@kremits9360he said they are preserved, meaning they are original
WW1 battlefield are proof that ghosts don’t exist. If they did those places would be uninhabitable.
@tomconnolly9895
23 күн бұрын
Visited these trenches last week. Amazing place, one of the highlights of my trip
@davefandango1303
21 күн бұрын
Are they hard to find? There's not much on Google maps, looks like there's nothing there at all.
@tomconnolly9895
21 күн 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
20 күн бұрын
@@davefandango1303 La Main De Massiges on google maps. 51800 Massiges pinpoint. That will lead you to it.
@hellogetaway
8 күн бұрын
@@davefandango1303 it's the massiges trenches, main de massiges. just look that up and you'll be able to find it :) 👍
@hansblitz7770
19 күн бұрын
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
17 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
16 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
8 күн бұрын
I... don't think anybody believed everything was from WWI, mate.
@lithitbzh
7 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.
@Bast0r09
12 күн бұрын
It is a tourist attraction to Show how it was and not original.still an interesting place to visit
@smithbrandonw
4 ай бұрын
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
@jeffreyrule8143
14 күн бұрын
Thank you.
@Isdanoob
12 күн бұрын
Wow, didnt know these were that well preserved. If i ever go the france this is a certain must do.
@claiborneeastjr4129
2 күн бұрын
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.
@Tomofdahook17
7 күн бұрын
Just found this video. This is absolutely incredible. One day I’ll walk through.
@lovelylavenderr
14 күн бұрын
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
7 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
2 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
@-PlanePerson-
12 күн бұрын
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
@nickgee7291
18 күн бұрын
Amazing
@charlieharper4975
7 күн бұрын
Europe is once again fighting a trench warfare in Ukraine.
@Falkriim
13 күн бұрын
Interesting to think how many men took those same steps
@philippmuller-litz401
16 күн бұрын
look out for Sabaton performing Fields of Verdun!
@johnhartley3022
4 күн бұрын
Look remarkably close to the trenches used in the movie alls quiet on the western front
@HoboTango
19 күн бұрын
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.
@patrickpoelmans6266
22 күн бұрын
La main de massige
@ziepex7009
22 күн бұрын
So everything im seeing is completely original, built by the greatest generations? Thats amazing!
@hansblitz7770
19 күн бұрын
No. Probably just the trench itself. Maybe some of the timbers. Other stuff are replicas.
@verdun16
16 күн бұрын
It’s sad how the French trenches are compared to the German trenches
@robertoyamakata6672
14 күн бұрын
Too clean?
@harryfillpot666
5 күн бұрын
They put body parts in sand bags :(
@neanderthaloutdoors9202
22 күн бұрын
Are they genuine or reconstructed
@spookyt8692
22 күн 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.
@jacmaclar
24 күн бұрын
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
21 күн бұрын
thats just not true🤣
@Azact
21 күн бұрын
Bs, there was 17 million total deaths. France did lose 1,5m men
@Azact
21 күн бұрын
Total casualties of ww1 wasnt 1,5 million bud 💀 It was 17 million Google and wikipedia is free
@markk9446
20 күн бұрын
Casualties =/= deaths
@poggingmilk9452
19 күн бұрын
French Propaganda, in reality France doesnt exist
@charlierumoldboi3939
2 ай бұрын
Amazing. I have to go one day.
@Thomas-uu9ex
23 күн бұрын
Wellcome
@user-mo6nr5jn5c
3 күн бұрын
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😮
@unkono
17 күн бұрын
I play Battlefield 1 video game. And it looks just like this in game.
@blem5376
16 күн бұрын
Battlefield 1 isn’t historically accurate
@Interccg
19 күн бұрын
battlefieldhistory.co.uk/la-main-de-massiges/
@mini_mozzer
21 күн бұрын
"preserved" is dishonest, none of this wouldve remained for over 100 years.
@rizekitty1484
19 күн бұрын
Obviously don't know what the word preserved means do ya?
@mini_mozzer
18 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
16 күн бұрын
@@mini_mozzeryou just described it being preserved
@mini_mozzer
16 күн бұрын
@@DolphLundgrensDolphinDungeon preserved implies its in its original state, which it isnt. its ALL REPLACED. read my words. REPLACED. not preserved.
@DolphLundgrensDolphinDungeon
16 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
@josephnash2081
11 күн бұрын
These look like reconstructed and not original WW1 trenches.
@Herman6507
21 күн бұрын
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.
@unkono
17 күн бұрын
Ahhh yes just like the new ones in Ukraine.
@indianheadlogan
19 күн бұрын
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
@SteveVi0lence
7 күн бұрын
Nah this is Ukraine in 2024
@howardcarney1502
14 күн бұрын
I wager a prediction that in 6 years these trenches will be used again.
@vihanuyyuru6
13 күн бұрын
Germany is going to invade France in 2030??
@Interccg
19 күн бұрын
www.lamaindemassiges.com
@zaynevanday142
2 ай бұрын
Oh sorry I thought this was Ukraine 🇺🇦
@exitstence420
25 күн бұрын
haha how funny the fukking title says France...
@Hershey419
17 күн бұрын
They don’t make full trenches like this in Ukraine💀💀
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