Echoes of conflict 90 years on (WW I)
As the 90th anniversary of the Armistice which brought World War I to an end approaches, signs of the bloody conflict on the Western Front are still very much apparent today.
The forests around Verdun, where so many died, are still and silent.
Nature has smoothed countryside torn up by shellfire, and undermined by the men who sheltered from it.
Ahead on the carpet of brightly coloured autumn leaves, Christina Holstein forced her way through low hanging branches to follow a trail she knows well.
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The forests around Verdun, where so many died, are still and silent.
Nature has smoothed countryside torn up by shellfire, and undermined by the men who sheltered from it.
Ahead on the carpet of brightly coloured autumn leaves, Christina Holstein forced her way through low hanging branches to follow a trail she knows well.