Volunteers re-enact World War I to mark centenary in France
New Indian ExpressPeople dressed in WWI uniforms stand during a parade, part of a reconstruction of the WWI battle of Verdun, Saturday. Soldiers in khaki, grey or blue uniforms, depending on the country, and women wearing Red Cross nurses uniforms were presenting authentic objects and equipment from the 1914-1918 war. Instead, German and Polish volunteers were sharing tips about military clothes and historic anecdotes with their French, Australian and English neighbors at the encampment. The 10-month battle at Verdun — the longest in World War I — killed 163,000 French and 143,000 German soldiers and wounded hundreds of thousands of others. The former battlefield still holds millions of unexploded shells, so that housing and farming are still forbidden in some areas.
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