Yestervid's video: WWI - 20 Iconic Photos in HD Trenches and Front Lines

20 iconic photos taken in the trenches and front lines of World War I. Photographers risked their lives alongside soldiers to bring the story of the war home. Dubbed 'The War To End War', the First World War was a futile and wholly avoidable conflict. Political meddling and nefarious ambition led to a war that claimed 17 million lives and left 21 million injured. These 20 photos are our selection of the best from the trenches and front lines. They are: 1. British/ANZAC trench, Northern France, Netherlands Nationaal Archief 2. Over the top John Warwick Brooke/National Library of Scotland 3. Gommecourt, National Library of Scotland 4. A German soldier throws a hand grenade, AP Photo 5. Brits at the Third Battle of Ypres James Francis Hurley 6. An aerial view of the Western Front San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive 7. Pill box demolishers, Australian official photographs/State Library of New South Wales 8. A German prisoner, National Library of Scotland 9. British artillery bombards German positions on the Western Front, Library of Congress 10. Soldiers in the trenches write letters home, Unknown 11. Aerial view of the Somme Front, NARA/U.S. War Dept. 12. Gas attack on the Flanders front, National Archive/Official German Photograph of WWI 13. Australian soldier rescues a comrade NARA/US War Dept 14. Slavic soldiers as the German cavalry broke through, National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri 15. The 9th British Lancers charging German artillery REX USA/Underwood Archives / UIG / Rex 16. A wounded soldier receives treatment U.S. Army/U.S. National Archives 17. Chateau Woods, 3rd Battle of Ypres, 1917, Frank Hurley 18. French soldiers in a bayonet charge Agence de presse Meurisse 19. War Rations, National Library of Scotland 20. Soldier at Grave, PA Photos/PA Archive/Press Association Images Music Audioblocks H/T: TheAtlantic.com © 2015 Yestervid