Pictures Of Ww1
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Pictures of ww1. The world leaders of that time called this the war to end all wars. The battle of the somme lasted from 1 july 1916 to 18 november the same year. Scenes of frightened young men standing in knee deep mud awaiting the call to go over the. Ww1 photos capture a desperate bloody stalemate.
A collection of photos of soldiers killed during world war 1 said to be taken between 1914 and 1917. See more ideas about world war one world war i world war. Surviving ww1 photos of the western front depict a kind of moonscape a gray barren land pockmarked with channels and burrows. Photographer james francis hurley joined the australian imperial force on the western fro.
Aug 15 2020 explore paddy monk s board ww1 photos followed by 103 people on pinterest. Trenches weren t after all neat parallel lines bisecting the western front. From the book collier s photographic history of the euro. World war one photos database of thousands of identified photos obituaries short service records of first world war officers soldiers sailors nurses airmen and civilian workers available.
A century ago in the summer of 1914 a series of events set off an unprecedented global conflict that ultimately claimed the lives of more than 16 million. World war i in photos. They were more like mazes. When we think of world war i images of the bloody muddy western front are generally what come to mind.
Following 18 months of trench deadlock in world war i the battle was a joint operation between british and french.