Powerful Images From World War I. |
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This week, 100 years ago, the
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Yugoslavian
nationalist in Sarajevo. You may not know much about this event or this
man, but his death was the trigger for the events that would later be
known as World War I.
It was on June 28th 1914 that the
Great War started, as it was known before World War II. More than 9
million combatants were killed, a casualty rate exacerbated by the
recent technological and industrial sophistication of war.
Nearly all countries in Europe, and
many others across the world, were involved in this brutal war. When it
was over, in November 1918, four major imperial powers, the German,
Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires, ceased to exist. The
following pictures from 100 years ago show us how this war was fought,
how brave men lived on the front lines and powerful moments that echo to
this day.
The 9th Queen's Royal Lancers charging German artillery in France - 1916. This Picture symbolizes the battle between "the old" and "the new" that happend during WW I. |
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Life in
the trenches were hard and full of tension. Here, a soldier sleeps on
the front lines with his gun by his side, Thievpal, France.
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The 1st
battalion of the 4th Ghurkha Rifles, an infantry regiment of the
British Indian Army with soldiers of Indian and Nepalese nationalities
lined up for kit inspection.
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The war left its mark on the land, mine craters at St. Eloi, near Ypres, Belgium.
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A group of soldiers at a signal
station for the Dehra Dun Brigade (British Indian Army) in 1915. The two
men in the center of the picture are on field telephones, taking
messages and coordinating the war effort. |
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A small group of soldiers coming out of a trench, bayonets fixed and ready to attack.
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A British soldier pays his respects
at the grave of a colleague near Cape Helles, Turkey. This was where the
amphibious invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula by British and French
forces took place on April 25th 1915.
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The Royal Army Medical Corps, which
had both civilians and soldiers conscripts, distribute refreshments to
wounded soldiers in France - 1916.
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French
troops throw rocks at advancing Germans from their hillside trench in
the Vosges, France - 1916. When they ran out of ammo they fought with
anything they could find.
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British soldiers navigating through a shell-cratered, winter landscape along the River Somme, France – 1916.
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Soldiers
attending a church service in a field, the priest can be seen in the
middle of the picture towards the back, next to the sign.
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The
First World War was the first time in human history that manufactured
poison gas was used as a weapon on a large scale. The results where
devastating.
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Brigadier-General J.V. Campbell (seen
standing on the bridge to the left) congratulates soldiers of the 46t
Division after their successful crossing of the St. Quentin Canal in
France. It was the first full breach of the German Hindenburg Defense
Line and a decisive Allied victory.
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Massed
German prisoners of war at a clearing station after the successful
Allied offensive near Amiens in Northern France. Described as ‘The Black
Day of the German Army’, this scene shows just a glimpse of the amazing
amount of man power involved in this war.
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mardi 1 juillet 2014
Powerful Images From World War I.
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