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4 people from the same town who fought in different wars. The eyes of four men, captured in a single photograph, tell a story of approximately…
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Maces and Clubs used by Austro-Hungarian Army during WW1, 1914-1918 During the grueling battles of World War I, ground troops relied on an array of weapons…
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A young soldier and his mother right before he left for WWI in 1917 The young man’s name was Joseph Hafen and he was born in…
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World War 1 Trench Raider During World War I, trench raiding emerged as a tactic in trench warfare. It involved small-scale surprise attacks on enemy positions…
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WW1 French trench raider, 1915 These soldiers would sneak out of their own trenches at night, often covering themselves in burn cork to darken their uniforms…
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What Was It Like To Go Through A Gas Attack In World War 1
Arthur Empey was an American living in New Jersey when war consumed Europe in 1914. Enraged by the sinking of the Lusitania and loss of the…
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During the Battle of Loos in 1915, German machine gunners stopped firing out of sheer disgust for the amount of casualties they were inflicting on the…
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Bagpipers were usually the first ones out of the trenches when it was time to fight; playing as they lead the soldiers into each battle in…
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A Prussian Landwehrmann tanning rat skins in a dugout, WWI A Prussian Landwehrmann tanning rat skins in a dugout, WWI. The trench soldier of WWI had…
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What Was It Like In The Trenches Of World War 1?
It’s not nearly as dramatic as you may think. The unfortunate truth for Hollywood is that most of WWI was sitting around improving defenses and doing…