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Macs.
06-25-2004, 08:31 PM
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April 6, 1917: America declares war against Germany by a large majority in the Congress.

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The battlefield at Armentières

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French children watch the advancing column of an American Ammunition Train
Picture made in Soulosse, France, springtime 1918.

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US Colored Troops of the 92nd Division marching to the front in the Argonne-woods in France

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American tanks heading for the Argonne, France

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The Supply Train of the US 129th Infantry, 33rd Division, on the road at Bethincourt.

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Soldiers of the US 318th Infantry, 80th Division, advancing through smoke screens. Picture made near Le NeFour, France, on October 27, 1918.

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A bridgehead at Chateau Thierry. On the picture troops of the US 7th Machine Gun Battalion, 3rd Division.

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Soldiers from the US 167th Infantry, 42nd Division, have taken positions near St. Banoit in the St. Mihiel salient. Picture made on September 9, 1918.

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American tractor pulling a big gun to the frontline. France, 1918.

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An overturned American 155 mm howitzer.

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American soldiers visiting a French café.

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The US 167th Infantry engaged at Seringes in France.

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American engineers clearing wire entanglements from a captured German position.

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Dutch-American sergeant Louis M. van Iersel has his breast full of medals.
He got the Medal of Honor because of brave conduct at Mouzon, France.

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Fatigued to the bone: US soldiers from the 121st Machine Gun Battalion, 32nd Division, resting in a shell hole.

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A French soldier is killed during an attack in Verdun.
( Picture made by a German war photographer )

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German soldiers, with flowers on their helmet, say farewell to their families.
Picture made August 1914.

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A German unit during the Battle of the Marne.
Near the river Marne the German invasion was brought to a stand. Picture made in September 1914.

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After weeks of long marches and numerous fights the German advance towards Paris came to a stand. Tired and disillusioned the Germans had to withdraw.

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After the Battle of the Marne the Germans retreated to the river Aisne.
It was here that the frontline stabilised and where the armies were going to dig in themselves.

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The Taube (pigeon), with its spreaded tail and rounded wings was an striking and feared appearance in the first months of the war.
The Germans used the airplane for bombing the city of Paris.

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In the Belgian city of Antwerp the German occupation authorities issue their first announcements to the civilian population.
The occupation was harsh. Germany riflet the country of its goods and oppressed the people.

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In the first months of the war the roads in Northern France were choked by troop transport and fleeing civilians.

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German army unit on bicycles invading Poland.

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A German trench in the swamp area near the Mazuric Lakes on the Eastern Front.
Picture made in February 1915, just before the German winter-offensive started in heavy snowstorms.

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German soldiers attacking.

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German soldiers resting in a trench near Ypres in Flanders.
Picture made in the beginning of the trench warfare.

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German shock-troops conquer a French position.

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The German trenches were usually very well built. There were strong and they had loop-holes.
The picture shows two soldiers throwing hand-grenades while two others take an aim at the enemy.

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German officers inspect a conquered French trench that started on a farmyard.

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A surly looking German guarding British prisoners-of-war.

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Australian troops on a duckboard track through Chateau Wood.
Third Battle of Ypres, 1917

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From the heights above the Gallipoli-beaches the Turks have a open field of fire. Below them the allied troops. For the Turks the battle sometimes looked like a shooting-match.
(Picture made by a German war-photographer, Gallipoli, 1915)


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Baghdad: Turkish Troops Prepare For Battle Against An Advancing British Army

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British forces enter Baghdad

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German soldiers in the trenches in France

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(On the far right: Adolf Hitler)

Hitler and two of his front-comrades have their photograph taken. Adolf insists on having "Fuchsl" at his feet.

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Adolf Hitler on the left with the big moustache

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North-African Soldiers cooking their meal in a village in Oise, France, 1917
(Autochrome color picture by Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud)

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The Australian Light Horse Brigade on parade in a Palestinian desert, 1918

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Canadians

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Ria
06-25-2004, 08:53 PM
Wow. Great pics Macs. Thank you.
b.scheller
06-25-2004, 09:04 PM
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the uniforms of the U.S Army during the First World War
Operation Ivy
06-25-2004, 09:50 PM
AWsome photos woot
memphiz
06-26-2004, 12:20 AM
Canadians
(Vimy)
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The taking of Vimy Ridge, April 1917, with troops advancing behind a tank in a major Canadian military success.

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celebrating after
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Mounted Canadian troops heading into action at Vimy Ridge, April 1917.

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Canadian troops searching captured German trenches, Vimy Ridge, 1917.

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Canadian troops carrying trench mats with wounded, with prisoners in background, during the Battle of Passchendaele, 1917.



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Canadian troops on Salisbury Plain, during the winter of 1914-1915.

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Canadian troops entraining at Vancouver during the summer of 1914.

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Early World War I version of the tank, a new armoured attack weapon.

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Building submarines at Montreal for World War I service.

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Canadians at the Somme in 1916, with troops leaving front-line trenches while relief units moved in to take over.

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Canadian Officers in France in 1916, including a future Canadian Prime Minister, with young John Diefenbaker from Saskatchewan seated in front. (cancelled Avro ;) )

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Camp Borden, Simcoe County, Ontario, 1916. As a huge airfield, it grew during World War I as a pilot training camp, and where many future Northern Ontario bush pilots began their training.

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The heavy artillery that blasted No Man's Land during the First World War

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Pilots and observers of the No. 15 squadron , reporting after a World War I patrol.

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Fighter planes of the Canadian No. 1 squadron in France during World War I.

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JN4 aeroplanes, built in Toronto, 1917.

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No Man's Land on the western front in Europe, during the First World War.

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Canadian infantry during the final offensive of World War I, waiting to mount their advance east towards Cambrai in the late summer of 1918.

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German prisoners bringing in the wounded, under guard, after the Allied breakthrough at Amiens in August, 1918.

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Canadian troops reaching Mons, Belgium, on November 11, 1918.

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Canadian nurses at a bombed-out hospital on the Western Front during World War I, June, 1918.

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Canadian forces on the move during World War I, east of Arras, France, August 1918, over a plank road laid by Canadian engineers.

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A Meeting of the Versailles Peace Conference, 1919, with Borden at the right-hand corner of the chief personages seated about the conference table.
WolverineBlue
06-26-2004, 12:40 AM
I don't know about y'all, but the black and white photos, combined with the mud make me think that "going over the top" must have really sucked in WWI.
b.scheller
06-26-2004, 12:48 AM
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Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie

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SpazzMunky
06-26-2004, 12:55 AM
Awesome pics!!!

I especially liked the one of the American tank. I think they have lawn mowers bigger than that now. ;)
WolverineBlue
06-26-2004, 01:01 AM
When I visited the Imperial War Museum in London back in 1993, they had a pretty cool WWI trench exhibit. It even had the disgusting smells to go along with the realistic trench, sounds and scenery.
b.scheller
06-26-2004, 01:07 AM
there is a rather famous video of Canadian soldiers going over the top. The whistle is blown, one of the first soldiers to pop his head out of the trench is shot immediately. The rest of the men who start charging the German fortifications are mowed down by the machine guns and fall back into the "empty" trench, only a few make it out.

I'd have to say, that on a personal note. The Canadians suffered greatly at the hands of the British. Especially the likes of the sadistic blood hungry Field Marshall Haig...
Bayonet
06-26-2004, 01:08 AM
Great War.....Great Pics....

That's a great war belong to real man .......

Cheers...........
WolverineBlue
06-26-2004, 01:26 AM
there is a rather famous video of Canadian soldiers going over the top. The whistle is blown, one of the first soldiers to pop his head out of the trench is shot immediately. The rest of the men who start charging the German fortifications are mowed down by the machine guns and fall back into the "empty" trench, only a few make it out.

I'd have to say, that on a personal note. The Canadians suffered greatly at the hands of the British. Especially the likes of the sadistic blood hungry Field Marshall Haig...

This would be Battle of the Somme, 1916?
Jehuty
06-26-2004, 01:31 AM
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French artillery firing during the Champagne offensive

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French soldiers in Alsace using trench periscope

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French "Blue Devils" training with machine guns

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French troops engaged with hand grenades and rifles in front-line trench

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French curassiers helping wounded comrade

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French Alpine Chasseurs training US troops with grenades

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French Alpine Chasseurs training US soldier on Chauchat machine gun

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French regimental band playing while wearing gas gear

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French outpost in front of first line trenches

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American members of the French Foreign Legion

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French soldiers going over the top, Chemin des Dames, 4/16/17 - Robert Carlson

Drawings:

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Victor PROUVÉ , Le départ du soldat.

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Death (graphic):

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After a bombardment in Verdun.

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A young Feldwebel dying

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Verdun - Côte 292 - Deads of 23e R.I. 3e Cie for one day

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A dead German machinegunner

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A german trench after an attack

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After a battle

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Dead French

And a sum up of the war in two pictures:

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A French cadaver

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A German cadaver
WolverineBlue
06-26-2004, 01:45 AM
Underneath it all, we're all the same RIP.

:(
Wilco
06-26-2004, 01:57 AM
Man, horrible war. RIP
Vance
06-26-2004, 02:02 AM
Man, horrible war. RIP
All war is horrible. :(
Chrome Beretta
06-26-2004, 02:04 AM
That mustard gas man, really terrible ****. Good pics though. How do they colorize the color one?.