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Old 11-18-2021, 02:48 PM   #16
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I read (I can't remember if it was in "A Storm in Flanders" or "Now it can be Told") Passchendaele got the same treatment tilling up the soil to a depth of around 4-5ft. then it rained for days and days and days creating a muck something like quicksand. Men were literally drowning in the shit. One of the soldiers talked about seeing men drowning in mud and not having the heart to mercy shoot them, so they had to watch many of them slowly sink away.
They Shall Not Grow Old was chilling in that regard. Just an incredible and brutal watch.

I assume many of you know that Carlin's 'War Remains' virtual reality experience was donated to the WWI Museum? I haven't been there yet but by all accounts it is incredible.
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