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Chinese Labourers Digging Ww1. Trenches In France & Belgium ?
Reading the articles in the Daily Mail magazine in the last two weeks (as it's the 100th anniversary of WW.1. soon) I was astounded to read that the M.O.D used 100,000 Chinese labourers to dig the trenches in France &Belgium ! my questions are, Where did they get the Chinese labourers from ?--- Were they paid ? --- Was this done before the fighting ''kicked off''?and if so were they protected by the army?--- Who did the Germans use to dig their trenches ?
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Wikipedia to the rescue. perhaps? http:// en. wikipedia. org/ wiki/ Chinese_ Labour_ Corps
19:35 Sat 02nd Aug 2014
Great info here:
http:// militar yhistor ynow.co m/2013/ 12/04/t he-forg otten-t rench-d iggers- of-the- western -front- meet-ww 1s-chin ese-lab our-cor ps/
They got them from China and they were paid.
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They got them from China and they were paid.
Wikipedia to the rescue. perhaps?
http:// en.wiki pedia.o rg/wiki /Chines e_Labou r_Corps
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