Amazing video. People should respectfully visit these type sites just to remember how destructive World War 1 was. The lives lost is incomprehensible. Very informative. Thank you Steven.
Wow this was amazingly haunting to see where so many men lived, fought and sadly died. How many more unknown number of men are still buried where they fell out there? Thank you for showing this and thank you to the people uncovering history so the war that was supposed to end all wars is never forgotten.
Utterly absorbing and atmospheric presentation. Your commentary is appropriately respectful and informative. Watching it, I'm practically there with you.
I've been binging these episodes lately. I can't afford to fly over to Europe to see these places but I'm glad someone has gone through and documented so many so thoroughly.
I was there about 40 years ago and walking around I had this terrible sense that I was treading on a huge mass grave surrounded by the ghosts of those who were never recovered and who aimlessly walked around because they didn't know where to go. it really upset me. There were so so many of them. I pray they have since found peace in their Valhalla.
Mr. Upton, your WWI videos are of excellent quality. WWI history is not properly taught in Brazilian schools and your work teaches much more than any book I could read. Please don't get tired of teaching us. Thanks so much for taking us with you.
Thanks..............your respect for the men who fought and died comes through clearly, as does your understanding of what life was like in the trenches, day after day and shell bursts without end. A forgotten or overlooked war here in the States, where it was fought and by those that fought it, aptly called the Great War. Like a few Yanks before me, I'm coming over. Your videos serve a useful purpose, some may not be able to make the trip. Well done.
Glad this was recommended for me to watch. Thanks so much for taking us along . I would love to take a trip like this with my son Starting in England taking the Chunnel and weaving our way across Europe just doing what you've done here . Thank you for your time 🍻Mate
If you do manage to come over here let me know. I often drive from England to Switzerland and pass along the whole of the former Western Front. I have a day or two off and do some filming, or explore and area I have not previously visited. I would be happy to give you a lift and act as a guide.
Well I live in the unconstitutional state of Connecticut USA I ask because up to the late 80's the Merchant Marines weren't recognized as veterans But they were by England My stepfather was a Merchant Marine and there is a statue somewhere in England recognizing them Could possibly do a video of it or even a picture Subscribed
PETER PIPER There are several memorials to the Merchant Navy at www.thenma.org.uk - I do have a number of photos and film of the site as I go there for a service every July. There is a tree for every ship sunk in the two world wars. I will be in New Jersey on Friday for two weeks.
Excellent work by the authorities to bring it back to life. History is made more real when one gets to walk those trench works. Thanks for the video tour. Well worth visiting..
Thank you for watching. I have visited most of the Western Front over the last 10 years. This is the place that will give you the greatest understanding of life in the trenches.
I know this is a rather old video, but it still gives me goosebumps seeing these trenches of where people spent most of their time in the first world war inside of and i believe that you did a wonderful job going through them and showing people around the world where these brave men lived, and died in its almost ghostly seeing a dried up trench on a sunny day where more than 100 years ago so many men on both sides gave up their lives in service of their country in artillery blackened skies and mud filled holes it must've been a hellish site to see for sure... thank you for sharing this with us i hope that one day i may be able to see this with my own eyes
Incredible video! Thank you so much for sharing this. This really gives us the best vision of what life in the trenches and on the front must have been like. I'm so, so pleased that there are areas such as this that the French have restored for the world to see and visit. I'd love to visit this place.
Love watching these videos of World War 1 and learning the history of what so many people went through and im 20 years old trying to put it in perspective of how people my age would've reacted to those Frontlines and only makes me more grateful of what I'm doing now than what I could've been doing if I was born 100 so years ago-Thankyou for taking your time recording this so that I can see it in the U.S.A
Thank you for preserving the memory of these brave men. And thank you for your channel, which is educating me about the detail of this terrible conflict. This is history that should be remembered.
How many of these soldiers that survived this hell suffered for the rest of their lives with physical and mental scars. Many looked like monsters because they had lost their leg, arms or half their face, some had been burned, even their face burned etc etc. Most have been rejected by society because they didnt look " normal" and people where scared of their looks. Nobody today remembers that and we should be ashamed. Thank you for your video Sir.
My goodness, the absolute and constant noise and terror that was always present in those trenches is easy to visualize from your video. thank you so much sir , you've done this oldster from Az., USA a great service. And these young men, an entire generation, were sent into this horrible thing by pompous old royalty who simply couldn't, or wouldn't say, "Wait before we start something , lets have a meeting and talk this over".
These videos are amongst some of the very best videos out there on TH-cam of WW1 very interesting and very informative thankyou Steven for making these
thank you for this rare exploration video. way too much horrendous camera noises drove me nuts but the importance of this site and the sad and terrifying history here for the poor men made me watch the whole piece. thanks for this. sad times indeed. may we never see war again ever
This is a wonderfully done video. Thank you for sharing it, and explaining as much as you did. Here I am on the 103rd anniversary of Armistice Day, and I hope we never forget.
Amazing place. Thx for sharing it with us! Been visiting some WWI sites myself lately, on my motorcycle, mostly in Flanders or Northern-France, it is alwa9ys great to see new places that I can add to my to-do list.
Thank you for the comprehensive tour and the respect. I've been to the Butte de Warlencourt, Lochnagar Crater and Beaumont-Hamel, but Massiges and others near the Marne and Verdun are on my list! Best regards from the Netherlands, Daniël
It's amazing these still exists and are preserved for the modern world to see. Very chilling to watch you walk through these trenches only to imagine what it felt like. Thanks for this
Amazing and thought provoking.. I visited the Menin Gate and Sanctuary wood last year, along with Tyne Cot cemetery. A must visit even for those who have no knowledge of what took place.
I imagine many people watching your videos have a connection to these sites via an ancestor. My Great Uncle was a British Bombardier in the Heavy Artillery. In October 1915 he was killed by a German shell. Like so many others he was fragmentated resulting in his remains never being found in a recognisable way. So as you say these sites need to be revered as mass graves and respected. Ive watched all your videos and you're doing fantastic work. Thanks mate.
Thank you for watching. And for sharing your families story. Your great uncle should be commemorated on a memorial to the missing somewhere in the area where he fell.
My grannys brother fought there in September 1915, he fell from friendly fire because of unclear frontsituation. This summer I was visiting the place and cementarys around Massiges. Very impresionant. Today still workers die for profit of weaponindustrie.
That line "their last resting place" hit pretty hard. I will visit these trenches as Im passing through north of France soon. Thanks for these interesting videos.
Thanksnfor showing, its a history that would be a shame to forget, even if its something we might not can imagine. And these videos like this aslo stand to honor the otherwise forgotten who lay there.
Fantastic that these trenches have been as restored as they have. I’m used to archaeologists discovering things in Williamsburg, VA, or such similar restorations. This is more closely related to restoring Civil War battlefields except for the most part they were fought above the ground until later in the war. I can’t imagine what it must be like to work on digging these trenches out.
@@StevenUpton14-18 more historical detail would be appreciated. Like, just take a 30 ft length and explain in more detail what we are seeing. This is a small comment because this is as close as I have ever come to this battlefield and possibly ever will. One question: what do the archeologists start with? Just rolling ground? Are there portions of the trenches visible?
Thanks for your tour. 18 years ago I went to France but I didn't get to see the WW1 places of battle. I actually went to WW2 sites. I really have to go back. Thanks again!
Thanks again for this visit. You make a very informed and interesting guide. This visit was worthwhile, I appreciated the added value you brought with the context of your narrative. Eager to see and hear more of your guided visits!
@@StevenUpton14-18 yes, thanks, I’ve subscribed and began to watch it already. Will be happy to follow along with you many more of your visits! Really glad I stumbled upon your channel, it’s quite interesting and touching.
I visited this location forty years ago on a trip with my father. The resounding memory I have of visiting various battlefields was the silence. Thank you for your videos Steven.
Thank you for documenting this and uploading raw and unedited footage. As an American I will probably never get to visit sites like this to pay respects, so footage like yours is greatly appreciated.
Another superb video and commentary Steve, I've not yet visited Massiges but I certainly will soon. Also I concur with the comments about the artifacts. Respect to those who are responsible for the excavations and all the visitors who do not steal the artifacts.
Another incredible video Steve. Absolutely ... just maybe worth a mention as steve said do not remove anything but also worth making sure your Tetanus injections are up to date if going to touch rusty metal.
found your channel by accident last night and subscribed! thank you so much for sharing these. I had a great Grandfather who fought in the Somme, he got shrapnel in hi head then returned to the front line! he passed away when I was very young I don't remember him. apparently I called him Grumpa! lol. I really want to go and explore the western front one day as a motorbike tour!
If you'd really like to get a feel for the trenches and what it was like[short of actually being under fire!], spend some time in them when it's pouring rain or snowing. Being covered in mud and freezing in the cold were constant conditions endured by the front line soldier.
as a French soldier you wandered into the German trench. as a German soldier you wandered into the French trench. thank you for showing how confusing and easy it was to fall into enemy hands.
Great video sir. Thank you for sharing. My wife and I are planning a vacation to France once this pandemic is finally at an end. Maybe we can get over here and see for ourselves. Her and I just watched "All Quiet on the Western Front" a couple weeks ago. My wife is from Japan, and they don't talk much about WWI or WWII. So that was really, her first bit of knowledge about the Great War. she didn't know Japan was one of our allies in WWI. She knew WWII happened. She knew they attacked Pearl Harbor and we dropped two atomic bombs on them but that was about the extent of her knowledge. Anyway, I think they did an excellent job with the remake. Just, watch it in German. If you can't speak German, then just read the subtitles. It's so much better that way. The voice over in English was really bad. Thank you again.
@@StevenUpton14-18I love the note that you say in every video about respecting that it's a graveyard/memorial.. Am important thing to take away. Enjoy your trip!
Amazing video. People should respectfully visit these type sites just to remember how destructive World War 1 was. The lives lost is incomprehensible. Very informative. Thank you Steven.
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Then, after that, they need to visit the war cemeteries. Breathtaking how many died.
Respectfully means not picking up every item one sees...
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Any actual evidence of war?
Wow this was amazingly haunting to see where so many men lived, fought and sadly died. How many more unknown number of men are still buried where they fell out there? Thank you for showing this and thank you to the people uncovering history so the war that was supposed to end all wars is never forgotten.
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A tremendously important restoration. One I did not know of, and will be sure to visit.
Thank you for watching. This is right off the tourist map. I have been several times and never seen anyone else there.
Utterly absorbing and atmospheric presentation. Your commentary is appropriately respectful and informative. Watching it, I'm practically there with you.
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Went last year. More has been uncovered. Amazing site and and on a hot day in August there were fewer than ten people at the site.
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Where is this? Are you able to locate it on Google maps?
@@collateralpigeon2151 yes please do!!!
... Isn't it "Massiges"..? As I can read in the title of this video (Merci M. Upton..!)
I've been binging these episodes lately. I can't afford to fly over to Europe to see these places but I'm glad someone has gone through and documented so many so thoroughly.
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I love these videos because it sounds like Jeremy Clarkson telling me history. two of my favorite things
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I thought the same thing lol
Well I have began working my way through your videos. They are better than anything on the history channel. Thank you for your work.
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I was there about 40 years ago and walking around I had this terrible sense that I was treading on a huge mass grave surrounded by the ghosts of those who were never recovered and who aimlessly walked around because they didn't know where to go. it really upset me. There were so so many of them. I pray they have since found peace in their Valhalla.
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Valhalla isn’t real
Is Heaven?
@@Skwid-Lives as good a guess as any
Mr. Upton, your WWI videos are of excellent quality. WWI history is not properly taught in Brazilian schools and your work teaches much more than any book I could read. Please don't get tired of teaching us. Thanks so much for taking us with you.
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Thanks..............your respect for the men who fought and died comes through clearly, as does your understanding of what life was like in the trenches, day after day and shell bursts without end. A forgotten or overlooked war here in the States, where it was fought and by those that fought it, aptly called the Great War. Like a few Yanks before me, I'm coming over. Your videos serve a useful purpose, some may not be able to make the trip. Well done.
Thank you for watching. I hope you enjoy your visit.
Glad this was
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Thanks so much for taking us along .
I would love to take a trip like this with my son
Starting in England taking the Chunnel and weaving our way across Europe just doing what you've done here .
Thank you for your time
🍻Mate
If you do manage to come over here let me know. I often drive from England to Switzerland and pass along the whole of the former Western Front. I have a day or two off and do some filming, or explore and area I have not previously visited. I would be happy to give you a lift and act as a guide.
Thanks for the reply
As well extending the offer
Waiting to see what my son does once he graduates high school here
May I ask where you located
Worksop, England. But work all over the world. Where are you?
Well I live in the unconstitutional state of Connecticut USA
I ask because up to the late 80's the Merchant Marines weren't recognized as veterans
But they were by England
My stepfather was a Merchant Marine and there is a statue somewhere in England recognizing them
Could possibly do a video of it or even a picture
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PETER PIPER There are several memorials to the Merchant Navy at www.thenma.org.uk - I do have a number of photos and film of the site as I go there for a service every July. There is a tree for every ship sunk in the two world wars.
I will be in New Jersey on Friday for two weeks.
A very interesting and informative video. I particularly like the reference to not removing any of the artefacts.
Thank you for watching. Sorry its taken a while to reply.
Excellent work by the authorities to bring it back to life. History is made more real when one gets to walk those trench works. Thanks for the video tour. Well worth visiting..
Thank you for watching. I have visited most of the Western Front over the last 10 years. This is the place that will give you the greatest understanding of life in the trenches.
I know this is a rather old video, but it still gives me goosebumps seeing these trenches of where people spent most of their time in the first world war inside of and i believe that you did a wonderful job going through them and showing people around the world where these brave men lived, and died in its almost ghostly seeing a dried up trench on a sunny day where more than 100 years ago so many men on both sides gave up their lives in service of their country in artillery blackened skies and mud filled holes it must've been a hellish site to see for sure... thank you for sharing this with us i hope that one day i may be able to see this with my own eyes
Thank you for watching. I revisited this location in June this year and more of the trenches have been excavated.
Incredible video! Thank you so much for sharing this. This really gives us the best vision of what life in the trenches and on the front must have been like. I'm so, so pleased that there are areas such as this that the French have restored for the world to see and visit. I'd love to visit this place.
Thank you for watching. Also see my drone video of this area.
Love watching these videos of World War 1 and learning the history of what so many people went through and im 20 years old trying to put it in perspective of how people my age would've reacted to those Frontlines and only makes me more grateful of what I'm doing now than what I could've been doing if I was born 100 so years ago-Thankyou for taking your time recording this so that I can see it in the U.S.A
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Thank you for preserving the memory of these brave men. And thank you for your channel, which is educating me about the detail of this terrible conflict. This is history that should be remembered.
Thank you for watching. We will remember them.
Fantastic video
The best WW1 trench video i have ever seen, i like that you include a lot of facts as you go on. Makes this video very educational
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How many of these soldiers that survived this hell suffered for the rest of their lives with physical and mental scars. Many looked like monsters because they had lost their leg, arms or half their face, some had been burned, even their face burned etc etc. Most have been rejected by society because they didnt look " normal" and people where scared of their looks. Nobody today remembers that and we should be ashamed.
Thank you for your video Sir.
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My goodness, the absolute and constant noise and terror that was always present in those trenches is easy to visualize from your video. thank you so much sir , you've done this oldster from Az., USA a great service. And these young men, an entire generation, were sent into this horrible thing by pompous old royalty who simply couldn't, or wouldn't say, "Wait before we start something , lets have a meeting and talk this over".
amen brother
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Just came up on my feed now. Watching from here in Australia
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These videos are amongst some of the very best videos out there on TH-cam of WW1 very interesting and very informative thankyou Steven for making these
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A wonderful walkthrough. Your efforts to share this experience are greatly appreciated!
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Thanks Steve, I'm visiting the Verdun area on a battlefield tour in sept and your videos are really helpful with planning
Thank you for watching. Massiges is not far from Verdun.
thank you for this rare exploration video. way too much horrendous camera noises drove me nuts but the importance of this site and the sad and terrifying history here for the poor men made me watch the whole piece. thanks for this. sad times indeed. may we never see war again ever
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Another excellent tour Stephen. Thank you.
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Thank you for posting this. I found it very interesting and informative. It never occurred to me that WWI trenches still existed. Bless the soles.
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I really enjoyed this guided tour of the trenches... thank you
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More amazing work. Thank you so much!
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This is one of the best channels I've come across.
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This is a wonderfully done video. Thank you for sharing it, and explaining as much as you did. Here I am on the 103rd anniversary of Armistice Day, and I hope we never forget.
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I am completely surprised that those things (French canteen for example) are left lying around. That no one takes them.Fantastic video.
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Wonderful bit of history you have captured. Thank you.
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Amazing place. Thx for sharing it with us! Been visiting some WWI sites myself lately, on my motorcycle, mostly in Flanders or Northern-France, it is alwa9ys great to see new places that I can add to my to-do list.
Thank you for watching. Next June I am leading a motorbike tour to Verdun. It is a 7 night trip and we will visit Massiges.
@@StevenUpton14-18 What a trip! Thank you for teaching others about these sites
@@Demour77 Thank you for watching.
Thank you for the comprehensive tour and the respect. I've been to the Butte de Warlencourt, Lochnagar Crater and Beaumont-Hamel, but Massiges and others near the Marne and Verdun are on my list! Best regards from the Netherlands, Daniël
Thank you for watching. My GF was at the Butte de Warlencourt in September 1916.
It's amazing these still exists and are preserved for the modern world to see. Very chilling to watch you walk through these trenches only to imagine what it felt like. Thanks for this
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Amazing and thought provoking.. I visited the Menin Gate and Sanctuary wood last year, along with Tyne Cot cemetery. A must visit even for those who have no knowledge of what took place.
Thank you for watching. All of the places you mention are well worth visiting.
I imagine many people watching your videos have a connection to these sites via an ancestor. My Great Uncle was a British Bombardier in the Heavy Artillery. In October 1915 he was killed by a German shell. Like so many others he was fragmentated resulting in his remains never being found in a recognisable way. So as you say these sites need to be revered as mass graves and respected. Ive watched all your videos and you're doing fantastic work. Thanks mate.
Thank you for watching. And for sharing your families story. Your great uncle should be commemorated on a memorial to the missing somewhere in the area where he fell.
I learnt more watching your explanation than my History teachers taught us. Thank you.
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My grannys brother fought there in September 1915, he fell from friendly fire because of unclear frontsituation. This summer I was visiting the place and cementarys around Massiges. Very impresionant. Today still workers die for profit of weaponindustrie.
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Thanks Steven, appreciated the education and reveal at Massiges.
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Really enjoyed the video ,thanks for taking the time to share your experience I would love to visit,
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That line "their last resting place" hit pretty hard. I will visit these trenches as Im passing through north of France soon. Thanks for these interesting videos.
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Thank you very good tour .. felt like I was there.. always Cary a flashlight..
Thank you for watching. Good advice about a light.
Another place to visit added to my to do list. As i tick places off then new ones come to my knowledge. Thanks for this video.
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Thanksnfor showing, its a history that would be a shame to forget, even if its something we might not can imagine. And these videos like this aslo stand to honor the otherwise forgotten who lay there.
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Excelent video, thanks for sharing these places that keep many stories about WW1
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a desperately moving video, thanks for creating. Essential education for the times we live in
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Fantastic that these trenches have been as restored as they have. I’m used to archaeologists discovering things in Williamsburg, VA, or such similar restorations. This is more closely related to restoring Civil War battlefields except for the most part they were fought above the ground until later in the war. I can’t imagine what it must be like to work on digging these trenches out.
Thank you for watching.
@@StevenUpton14-18 more historical detail would be appreciated. Like, just take a 30 ft length and explain in more detail what we are seeing. This is a small comment because this is as close as I have ever come to this battlefield and possibly ever will. One question: what do the archeologists start with? Just rolling ground? Are there portions of the trenches visible?
Fascinating stuff. Many thanks for this.
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Thanks for your tour. 18 years ago I went to France but I didn't get to see the WW1 places of battle. I actually went to WW2 sites. I really have to go back. Thanks again!
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Love your commentary. Your voice and accent is calming and kinda like ASMR for me. Very interesting content too.
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Thanks again for this visit. You make a very informed and interesting guide. This visit was worthwhile, I appreciated the added value you brought with the context of your narrative. Eager to see and hear more of your guided visits!
Thank you for watching. I have more films that are of interest to Canadians. Just posted one about Hill 70. See my channel.
@@StevenUpton14-18 yes, thanks, I’ve subscribed and began to watch it already. Will be happy to follow along with you many more of your visits! Really glad I stumbled upon your channel, it’s quite interesting and touching.
@@francoisluneau - Thank you for subscribing. Should post a new film in the next day or two.
@@StevenUpton14-18 The pleasure is all mine, really. Thank you.
Another great vid mate! Thanks for your work!
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I visited this location forty years ago on a trip with my father. The resounding memory I have of visiting various battlefields was the silence. Thank you for your videos Steven.
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Is this location a real ww1 trench and not a reconstruction one ?
cheers for these videos steve, great resource for people outside of europe
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Stunning. Haunting.
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Glad TH-cam recommended your channel to me. This was a very informative tour and I'm enjoying your drone videos as well. Nicely done sir
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Another interesting and respectful job thank you Steven.
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All those fine men, the suffering, poor great grandfather. He came back half deaf, but came back.
Thank you for watching. My own GF also survived. Our families were very lucky.
I don’t think many ear drums survived. Something we’re only beginning to acknowledge now with recent veterans. The Price of war is huge.
Brilliant video, thanks for sharing.
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This is amazingly big! thanks for the video.
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A beautiful sun bow happening in the sky as well!
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This is a great video. Thank you.
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Thank you again for your videos.
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Brilliant video. I randomly clicked on this and found it surprisingly interesting to see what a real trench would have looked like back then
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Excellent video of the site many thxs for showing this
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Thank you Steve.
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Got to love the random almost 10 year old videos that pop up on my feed !!!
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Thank you for documenting this and uploading raw and unedited footage. As an American I will probably never get to visit sites like this to pay respects, so footage like yours is greatly appreciated.
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Very informative. Thank you so much! Greetings from Alberta Canada.
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This is amazing!!
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This is a great tour thanks
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Thanks for replying. I would like to visit that place to film a small movie. Is it a difficult place to travel to?
Another superb video and commentary Steve, I've not yet visited Massiges but I certainly will soon. Also I concur with the comments about the artifacts. Respect to those who are responsible for the excavations and all the visitors who do not steal the artifacts.
Thank you for watching. This site is the best on the whole western front. If you can, you should go. I have a second video on Massiges using a drone.
Steven Upton Thanks Steve, I most certainly will do on my next visit. Please keep up the good work.
BRILLIANT film. thankyou for postng
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It looks like there’s an eye in the clouds @7:22
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Steven Upton thank you for this wonderful insight!!
@@BlehBleh0 you have a good eye i didnt even see it at first
@@monkeyduzumaki9927 Alan Parson's Project???
Brilliant show cheers paul
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This is wonderful.
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It's amazing to think these trenches would have extended for miles upon miles. Thank you for the video.
Thank you for watching. They stretched from the North seas to the Swiss border. Sometimes with four or more lines of them.
Amazing to see. Great video
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Amazing insight into life in the trenches
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Another incredible video Steve. Absolutely ... just maybe worth a mention as steve said do not remove anything but also worth making sure your Tetanus injections are up to date if going to touch rusty metal.
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I really would love to visit these sites. As always great video.
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found your channel by accident last night and subscribed! thank you so much for sharing these. I had a great Grandfather who fought in the Somme, he got shrapnel in hi head then returned to the front line! he passed away when I was very young I don't remember him. apparently I called him Grumpa! lol. I really want to go and explore the western front one day as a motorbike tour!
Thank you for watching. I am going on my bike to Ypres in June. Interested? Email me: steven@s-upton.com
@@StevenUpton14-18 sounds interesting. will email you shortly chap! thanks
If you'd really like to get a feel for the trenches and what it was like[short of actually being under fire!], spend some time in them when it's pouring rain or snowing. Being covered in mud and freezing in the cold were constant conditions endured by the front line soldier.
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You forgot the rats 🐀
as a French soldier you wandered into the German trench. as a German soldier you wandered into the French trench. thank you for showing how confusing and easy it was to fall into enemy hands.
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Very informative and interesting. Thank you so much for sharing this
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Totally agree Steve the respect of this site is absolutely Important
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Steven Upton You're more than welcome
WELL DONE! thank you !
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Fantastic video.
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That was very interesting. Thank you.
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Excellaant video Your view of the trenches was remarkable .
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Another excellent video Steven.
Those pieces of shrapnel were shocking. There must have been truly horrendous injuries from it........
Thank you for watching. Most casualties were caused by artillery.
Well it Christmas 2023 almost 10 years later . I Could walk a little better back then . I’m lucky to go by myself now . Thanks for making the video .
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Great video sir. Thank you for sharing. My wife and I are planning a vacation to France once this pandemic is finally at an end. Maybe we can get over here and see for ourselves. Her and I just watched "All Quiet on the Western Front" a couple weeks ago. My wife is from Japan, and they don't talk much about WWI or WWII. So that was really, her first bit of knowledge about the Great War. she didn't know Japan was one of our allies in WWI. She knew WWII happened. She knew they attacked Pearl Harbor and we dropped two atomic bombs on them but that was about the extent of her knowledge. Anyway, I think they did an excellent job with the remake. Just, watch it in German. If you can't speak German, then just read the subtitles. It's so much better that way. The voice over in English was really bad. Thank you again.
Thank you for watching. You may want to see my other WW1 films before you visit here it will help with planning the best places to go to.
Great video. Respect the site.
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Hey Steven. Second time watching this end to end. Really enjoyed it!
Thank you for watching. I will be revisiting there next month.
@@StevenUpton14-18I love the note that you say in every video about respecting that it's a graveyard/memorial.. Am important thing to take away. Enjoy your trip!
Found quite moving , what with the graves and Shrapnel, imagining how it would have been during the war, , thank you Steven
Thank you for watching.
Thanks for sharing this. I would love to visit by this is probably as close as il come
Thank you for watching. I hope you get the chance to go someday.