An authoritative history of the trenches, drawing on the renowned resources and photographic collection of the Imperial War Museums, providing unique insight into trench warfare on the Western Front.

'Sometimes I clamber up beside the sentries and look out. There's little to see, rough ground, the barbed wire entanglement about 15 yards away, the vague line of German trenches. If a flare goes up it lights the whole place... If you hear a machine gun you duck your head. The bullets patter along the parapet.'

„Christopher Stone, Junior Officer, 22nd Royal Rusiliers.

• British Infantryman vs German Infantryman: Somme 1916 (Combat)
• Battle Story Somme 1916
• The First World War in 100 Objects
• Collision of Empires: The War on the Eastern Front in 1914 (General Military)
• Meeting the Enemy: The Human Face of the Great War