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Hong Kong Gun Battery in the Judean Hills, World War I

Taken on 1917-11-01

Troops joined the British war effort from across the British Empire, including this artillery unit from Hong Kong. Date unknown.

Source: Australian War Memorial

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-14

Australian Troops Ready for Gas Attack in Flanders, Belgium, World War I, 1917

Taken on 1917-09-27

Australian troops wait in trenches, ready for a gas attack, September, 1917.

Source: Australian War Memorial

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-06

British Machine Gun Team, Flanders Campaign, First World War

Taken on 1917-09-21

"British Vickers machine gun crew during the Battle of Menin Road Ridge, World War I (Ypres Salient, West Flanders, Belgium)."

Source: Imperial War Museums

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-05

Romanian troops at Battle of Mărășești, Eastern Front, World War I

Taken on 1917-08-06

"The Battle of Mărășești (August 6 to September 8, 1917) was a major battle fought during World War I between German Empire and Kingdom of Romania." Date unknown.

Source: Serviciul Fotografic şi Cinematografic al Armatei Române

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-05

French Army Lookout at His Observation Post, Western Front, June 1917

Taken on 1917-06-23

A French Army lookout along the Western Front during the First World War.

Source: The Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-05

Russian Troops Awaiting German Attack, Eastern Front, World War I

Taken on 1917-01-01

Russian troops await a German attack along the Eastern Front. Date unknown.

Source: 300 ppi scan of the National Geographic Magazine, Volume 31 (1917), page 379

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-05

British Troops Marching in Mesopotamia, World War I

Taken on 1917-01-01

British troops marching in Mesopotamia. Date unknown.

Source: Library of Congress

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-05

French Soldiers Employ Gas and Flame to Attack German Trenches, Western Front, World War I

Taken on 1917-01-01

Flamethrowers and gas warfare saw their first widespread adoption during the First World War. Date unknown.

Source: US National Archives and Records Administration

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-05

Austro-Hungarian Trench in the Alps, Italian Front, World War I

Taken on 1917-01-01

Austro-Hungarian trench high in the Alps along the Italian Front of the First World War. Date unknown.

Source: Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-06

Royal Irish Rifles in a Trench, Western Front, World War I

Taken on 1916-07-01

The Western Front of the First World War was characterized by trench warfare, with a combination of 19th century battle tactics and 20th century weaponry causing battle lines to essentially remain static for years at a time. Date unknown.

Source: Imperial War Museums

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-03

British Soccer Team With Gas Masks, Western Front, World War I

Taken on 1916-06-01

British soccer team is prepared for gas attack, Western Front, World War I. Date unknown.

Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-06

French Infantry in a Verdun Trench; World War I, France, 1916

Taken on 1916-02-21 *

"La Tranchée faisait de la guerre un travail de manoeuvre, des guerriers les journaliers de la mort,usés jusqu'a la corde par un quotidien sanglant E. JUNGER" The Battle of Verdun was one of the largest battles of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies. The battle took place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse in north-eastern France. The German 5th Army attacked the defences of the Région Fortifiée de Verdun (RFV) and those of the Second Army garrisons on the right bank of the Meuse, intending to rapidly capture the Côtes de Meuse (Meuse Heights), from which Verdun could be overlooked and bombarded with observed artillery fire. The Battle ended in a French victory, but at a cost of many hundreds of thousands of lives.

Source: Antoine Vasse Nicolas

Uploaded by SamiGoat on 2016-02-21

French Reserves Cross a River En Route to Verdun, France, World War I

Taken on 1916-02-21

"The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February – 18 December 1916 during the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies, on hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse in north-eastern France." Date unknown.

Source: Scan of the National Geographic Magazine, Volume 31 (1917), page 338

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-05

French Troops in the Trenches at Verdun, Western Front, World War I

Taken on 1916-01-01

Troops on both sides lived in dirt trenches with hideous conditions. Date unknown.

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-03

German Gas Attack on Russian Lines, Eastern Front, World War I

Taken on 1916-01-01

German gas attack on Russian lines, photographed by Russian air patrol, Eastern Front, First World War. Date unknown, location unknown.

Source: German Federal Archives

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-06

Serbian Army Retreating Towards Albania

Taken on 1915-10-01

Serbian Army retreating towards Albania. Date unknown.

Source: Imperial War Museums

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-14

British Infantry Advancing Through Gas, Loos, France, Fall 1916

Taken on 1915-09-25

British infantry advance through gas clouds at the Battle of Loos, the first engagement in which the British utilized poison gas.

Source: Imperial War Museums

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-06

US Troops & Haitian Guide during American Occupation of Haiti, 1915

Taken on 1915-06-30

United States Marines on patrol in 1915 during the occupation of Haiti. A Haitian guide is leading the party. The Banana Wars were a series of occupations, police actions, and interventions involving the United States in Central America and the Caribbean between the Spanish–American War (1898) and the inception of the Good Neighbor Policy (1934). These military interventions were most often carried out by the United States Marine Corps. The Marines were involved so often that they developed a manual, The Strategy and Tactics of Small Wars, in 1921. On occasion, the Navy provided gunfire support and Army troops were also used.

Source: Marine Corps Legacy Museum, Harrison, AR.

Uploaded by SamiGoat on 2014-09-09

Armenian Defenders of the City of Van, Ottoman Empire, Spring, 1915

Taken on 1915-04-01

Armenian troops defend the walls of the city of Van in Eastern Anatolia, Spring, 1915. Date unknown.

Source: Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-16

Kurdish Cavalry During the Caucasus Campaign

Taken on 1915-01-24

Kurdish cavalrymen fought with the Ottomans during the Caucasus Campaign.

Source: Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-06