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title: Captured German Trench, WWI
author: John Warwick Brooke
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21187/captured-german-trench-wwi/
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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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# Captured German Trench, WWI
_Authored by John Warwick Brooke_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21187.png)
## Image Caption
A 1916 photograph of British Army troops using a captured German trench on the Western Front during the First World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) (1914-18). One soldier is on sentry duty while his comrades sleep as best they can.
Imperial War Museums, London.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Brooke, J. W. (2025, October 08). Captured German Trench, WWI. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Brooke, John Warwick. "Captured German Trench, WWI." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 08, 2025. .
### MLA
Brooke, John Warwick. "Captured German Trench, WWI." *World History Encyclopedia*, 08 Oct 2025, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205193132) by **John Warwick Brooke**. 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.