Incredible colourised images reveal what life was like for French soldiers in the trenches of World War One

INCREDIBLE colourised images reveal what life was like for French soldiers who were living in the trenches of World War One.

The stunning pictures show men reading their mail in the safety of a shelter, smiling in the trenches in Souain and trying to grab some important sleep on top of sandbags.






In others, soldiers can be seen bathing their horses in a river and the wounded on their evacuation route.

One photograph shows men enjoying a meal at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, whilst another shows a truck stuck in mud.

There is also an image of troops from the 1st Moroccan Spahi Regiment – the group was an armoured regiment of the French Army

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The international conflict lasted from 1914 until 1918 and embroiled most nations in Europe, along with Russia, the US and the Middle East.

The war pitted Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey—against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917, the United States.

Known as the Great War, it is believed that around nine million soldiers and seven million citizens died as a result.

The expertly colourised shots were brought to life by 51-year-old French bank technician, Frédéric Duriez.

The images were provided by the Valois collection which belongs to the BDIC.






Last month, amazing pictures captured what life was like for American troops during World War One.

Stark images released nearly a century after the end of the war show US troops keeping watch in the trenches, injured on the battlefield and arriving back home after the fighting was over.

Roughly 4.7million Americans served in the war and roughly 53,000 died in action.

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