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Caption: "A dead French soldier dangles from a barbed wire." The total number of military and civilian casualties in WWI was over 37 million. There we...

Caption: "Germans treat a gas casualty at an aid station." The Hague Declaration of 1899 and the Hague Convention of 1907 forbade the use of "poison o...

Minenwerfer (mine launcher) is the German name for a class of short range mortars used extensively during WWI by the German Army. The weapons were int...

Although the usefulness of the machine gun had not been fully appreciated by the British Army before the outbreak of WWI, it soon became apparent that...

Caption: "A crew member of a British airship about to throw a bomb with a message to the enemy." The Germans, French and Italians all used airships fo...

Caption: "French officers' mess in the field, August 1916." Food in the trenches, during WWI, may have started out better than it was by the end of th...

The Mortier de 280 modcle 1914 Schneider was a French siege howitzer, manufactured in small numbers by the Schneider et Cie company, used during WWI....

Siege artillery were heavy guns and other bombardment devices designed to bombard fortifications, cities, and other fixed targets. They were capable o...

Caption: "Germans ready to pipe out poison gas." The Hague Declaration of 1899 and the Hague Convention of 1907 forbade the use of "poison or poisoned...

Caption: "German anti-aircraft defense. A stereoscopic viewfinder plots the range and height of the target for the 3.7cm quick-firing Flak gun, fitted...

Caption: "German sentry of the 127th Regiment, armed with the potato-masher hand grenade and looking through a trench periscope in the Ypres area, 191...

A German invention to fill a barrage balloon by generating power using a converted tandem bicycle, 1914. A barrage balloon was a large balloon tethere...

Caption: "Victory flushed Yanks of the hard hitting 16th Infantry, 1st Division, crowd around a piano left behind in Monsard (sic), France, by hastily...

The 32nd Infantry Division was the sixth U.S. division to join the Allied Expeditionary Force. Over the next six months, the division was under consta...

Caption: "In a symbolic display of Allied solidarity, American soldiers, sailors and marines share sandwiches with a French officer at a Red Cross Sta...

American and French ammunitions wagons move up to the front, 1918. A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling toget...

Entitled: "Phases of the British Army's part in the Great War." During the war, there were three distinct British Armies. The first army was the small...

Caption: "Churchill stands next to a biplane after completing a 126 mile flight, Central Flying School at Upavon on Salisbury Plain, May 1914. An impe...

Caption: "Standing with Allied officers in France in 1915, infantry battalion commander Churchill wears a French helmet, which he regarded as more com...

Caption: "Archduke Ferdinand and Duchess leaving the town hall at Sarajevo a few minutes before their deaths." Franz Ferdinand (December 18, 1863 - Ju...

Caption: "Archduke Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo just before their assassination, June 1914." Franz Ferdinand (December 18, 1863 - June 28, 1914)...

Gavrilo Princip (July 25, 1894 - April 28, 1918) was a Bosnian Serb who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, Duchess...

Caption: "King George decorating American troops for gallantry in the fighting in which had recently occurred. A memorable occasion during his visit t...

Caption: "King George Knighting General John Monash, the Commander of the Australian forces. An incident of his Majesty's visit to the front in 1918."...

Caption: "King George wearing a steel helmet during his visit to the Western Front in 1917. His Majesty with unidentified soldier on the devastated ba...

Caption: "King George with the Canadians on Vimy Ridge in 1917. His Majesty just after examining some German body armor held by the officer on his lef...

Caption: "King George at the front in 1918. Taking a trip through a French forest on a light railway to see British work in forestry." George V (June...

Undated photograph of T.E. Lawrence in traditional Arab garb. Thomas Edward Lawrence (August 16, 1888 - May 19, 1935), known professionally as T. E. L...

Caption: "Djemal Pasha (left), commander of the Turkish 4th Army, with his chief of staff behind the frontline in Palestine." Djemal Pasha (May 6, 187...

Caption: "Air Marshal Trenchard shows a De Havilland bomber to Queen Mary." Mary of Teck (May 26, 1867 - March 24, 1953) was Queen of the United Kingd...

Caption: "CO Robertson, of the 1st Battalion, Cameronians returning from a tour of his unit's positions in waterlogged trenches at Bois Grenier in Jan...

Caption: "U-35 runs on the surface before submerging, 1917." SM U-35 was a German U 31-class U-boat which operated in the Mediterranean Sea during Wor...

At the outbreak of the war, the United States pursued a policy of non-intervention, avoiding conflict while trying to broker a peace. After the sinkin...

At the outbreak of the war, the United States pursued a policy of non-intervention, avoiding conflict while trying to broker a peace. After the sinkin...

At the outbreak of the war, the United States pursued a policy of non-intervention, avoiding conflict while trying to broker a peace. After the sinkin...

American Expeditionary Forces. Caption: "Last into war were the Americans who did everything with style and panache. They were young and brave and tou...

At the outbreak of the war, the United States pursued a policy of non-intervention, avoiding conflict while trying to broker a peace. After the sinkin...

The 27th Infantry Division was a unit of the Army National Guard in both World Wars. The Division traces its history from the New York Division, forme...

The 6th Field Artillery Regiment is an Field Artillery regiment of the U.S. Army first formed in 1907. In June 1917 they were assigned to the 1st Expe...

American infantrymen fires his 7.7mm Chauchat light machine gun. His Number Two holds the distinctive magazine." The Chauchat (Fusil Mitrailleur Model...

American troops are holding a trench on a wooded hillside in the Vosges Mountains. The the Vosges formed the main border line between France and the G...

The British made Stokes Mortar could fire as many as 25 bombs per minute and had a maximum range of 800 yards. Extremely useful in the muddy trenches...

Nations were new to cinema and its capability to spread and influence mass sentiment at the start of WWI. The U.S. developed the Committee on Public I...

Military nurses arrived in Europe before the American Expeditionary Forces. At the outset of WWI, 403 women were on active duty in the Army Nurse Corp...

Dogs were used by international forces to deliver vital messages. About a million dogs died in action. Dogs were often used to carry messages in battl...

Homing pigeons were used extensively during WWI. Carrier pigeons were trained to transport messages back to their home coop behind the lines. When the...

Homing pigeons were used extensively during WWI. Carrier pigeons were trained to transport messages back to their home coop behind the lines. When the...

A unit of French Infantry moves up to the front line as a British band rests by the roadside. The Third Battle of the Aisne was a battle of the German...

Caption: "Before the Battle of Amiens the position of German batteries had been carefully pinpointed and as soon as the main barrage opened up they we...

Australian gunners stand beside their 4.5 inch field howitzers during a pause in the fighting. The Ordnance QF 4.5-inch howitzer was the standard Brit...