Originally Posted by MI7
Isn't picking at my use of historical terminology rather than addressing my comments about the episode being the teeniest bit pedantic anyway?
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Yeah but that's just what im like.
Originally Posted by MI7
If he was going back to a rear area then Tim and Hutchinson would most certainly have used one of the service trenches connecting the front and rear lines rather than walk over the top in the field of fire...hell they nearly got hit by a shell nevermind being shot at.
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I dont think they were being shot at. Also, artillery has a very,
very long range. The planks which are seen in the background wouldn't have been put in No Man's Land by either side, as it would make it easier for the enemy to cross and attack their lines. When I was talking about a "rear area" I didn't necessarily mean as far forward as being in the trench system at all, but rather behind the lines. There were normally at least 3 trenches connected by support trenches and then it was open country(although not really much prettier due to shelling) and then the logistics dumps, aid posts and stuff, it seems they were somewhere between the trenches and there.
Anyways, yeah im beginning to see what you mean that was a bit pedantic.