Thread: Amazing footage of WWI battlefields
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Old 11-05-10, 04:13 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by krashkart View Post
Jeez, they really had a policy of shelling every square inch of a target area, didn't they?

I never did study much into WWI.
In WWI there were artillery barrages that lasted for hours and even days. Imagine being shelled non stop for 10+ hours, or even around the clock?

I still have a hard time visualizing this.
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