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title: Aerial View of Trenches, Western Front in 1916
author: No. 10 Squadron RFC
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21182/aerial-view-of-trenches-western-front-in-1916/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2026-01-11
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# Aerial View of Trenches, Western Front in 1916
_Authored by No. 10 Squadron RFC_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21182.png)
## Image Caption
An aerial view of trenches on the Western Front in 1916 during the First World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) (1914-18). The upper line shows British trenches and the lower line German ones. Location: east of Picantin and Tilleloy.
Imperial War Museums, London.
## Cite This Work
### APA
RFC, N. 1. S. (2025, October 08). Aerial View of Trenches, Western Front in 1916. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
RFC, No. 10 Squadron. "Aerial View of Trenches, Western Front in 1916." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 08, 2025. .
### MLA
RFC, No. 10 Squadron. "Aerial View of Trenches, Western Front in 1916." *World History Encyclopedia*, 08 Oct 2025, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205027533) by **No. 10 Squadron RFC**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 08 October 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.