Sentence examples for war trenches from inspiring English sources

Or he might remind readers that Scotland lost more "caps" to the first world war trenches than England.

Robert Henderson Blyth paints himself in the first world war trenches, a corpse behind him, to show himself still alive.

Our farms had become an empty desert, dug with war trenches, where nothing can grow even today".

South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company brings full-scale horses to life on the stage as it recreates life in the First World War trenches.

History nerds can also follow a five-hour walking trail that takes in centuries of history, fom Roman archaelogical sites to first world war trenches.

"Did the Christmas football matches between British and German troops in the First World War trenches really take place?" wondered a sceptical Sandy Brook in 2012.

Although it's hard to find accounts of anyone eating a rat in the first world war, trench rats were a persistent problem.

It was the host's own idea, inspired by how he felt when watching the "really poignant" final scene of Blackadder, where Rowan Atkinson's character leaves his First World War trench to go over the top.

Though all wars are about the same thing — death, mutilation, destruction, trauma, the imposition of will — war in the fifteenth century isn't the same as First World War trench warfare, which isn't the same as nuclear war.

Lyndon School, West Midlands: build an accurate re-creation of a first world war trench to provide a tactile history experience for students studying the first world war and a backdrop for drama presentations and re-enactments.

5 | Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France Suggested by mikedow The attack at Vimy Ridge, undertaken by Canadian troops on Easter Monday 1917, is seen as the first unequivocal success gained by the allies in first world war trench warfare.