WWI Photos are Unbelievable

Usually when photos that were once long-lost become found and restored, they are generally bland and boring; however, a new series of images from the First World War were discovered and they are amazing. The series give you a jarring look into life in the trenches and personal glimpses of famous leaders.

Reuters reports the new images are a small part of a massive collection of unpublished glass plates that were taken from the Western Front during the war. The images were left by a viscount in Armored Cavalry Branch of the French Army. A trench after it was just shelled Field Marshall, Douglas Haig French Artillery Soldiers Moving artillery Seized German Trench Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun at Perthes les Hurlus in Eastern France French officers inspecting trenches on the Argonne Front in May, 1916 Dogs were used to help pull artillery because horses were in short supply General Joseph Joffre handing out medals to soldiers who fought in the Battle of Verdun in March 1916. Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener Captured German Soldiers German soldiers held captive at Verdun French General Emile Eugene Belin (right) visiting the front line near Arras, Northern France. French troops in trenches above Ablain-Saint-Nazaire in the Artois front, northern France, in 1916. Soldiers and horses amid a destroyed spot on the battlefield at Maurepas on the Somme front, northern France October 1916.