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King & Queen and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales

King & Queen and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales

King George V, Queen Mary and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, taken during a visit to the Western Front in France. They are positioned in front of a large brick building with French windows. The King and Queen are ... More

Tanks on parade in London at the end of World War I, 1918

Tanks on parade in London at the end of World War I, 1918

Photographer: Thomas Frederick Scales .Tanks on parade in London at the end of World War I, 1918.Dry plate glass negative .Reference No. 1/2-014078-G.Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association Collect... More

map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, from 1799 to 1810. [With maps.]"

map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, fr...

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map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, from 1799 to 1810. [With maps.]"

map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, fr...

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map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, from 1799 to 1810. [With maps.]"

map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, fr...

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map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, from 1799 to 1810. [With maps.]"

map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, fr...

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map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, from 1799 to 1810. [With maps.]"

map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, fr...

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map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, from 1799 to 1810. [With maps.]"

map from "Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, fr...

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Hopi Indian home, Mishongnovi, Arizona, Stereoscope Card

Hopi Indian home, Mishongnovi, Arizona, Stereoscope Card

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Fo22937A, Sjöhistoriska museet Sweden

Fo22937A, Sjöhistoriska museet Sweden

ABDUL HAMID var den andra av de två undervattensbåtar Thorsten Nordenfelt sålde till Turkiet vid mitten av 1880-talet (den första fick namnet ABDUL MECID): båda fartygen byggdes i sektioner i Storbritannien och... More

Military from "The Great War in England in 1897, etc"

Military from "The Great War in England in 1897, etc"

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Military from "The Great War in England in 1897, etc"

Military from "The Great War in England in 1897, etc"

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map from "Hannibal and the Great War between Rome and Carthage"

map from "Hannibal and the Great War between Rome and Carthage"

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For freedom during World War I postcard

For freedom during World War I postcard

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage YMCA postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Pearl Harbor Attack, National Memorial - Photo 41

Pearl Harbor Attack, National Memorial - Photo 41

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Lenna station under första världskriget.

Lenna station under första världskriget.

Railway stations in Sweden Public domain photograph of a draisine, Swedish railroads, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

GLVF.000663 during World War I, Swedish military forces

GLVF.000663 during World War I, Swedish military forces

GLVF.000663 Public domain photograph - Swedish military forces 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Signalpatrull, A 6. I Sörmland. Sittande: C-E Suneson.

Signalpatrull, A 6. I Sörmland. Sittande: C-E Suneson.

Signalpatrull, A 6. I Sörmland. Sittande: C-E Suneson.

Lighthouse Little Diamond Island -- Maine

Lighthouse Little Diamond Island -- Maine

Caption: Looking northwesterly at dock, toward storehouse and old coal shed from deck of the Ilex. Date: 3/12/1930 District: 1 State: ME Maine -- Little Diamond Island

Active Fires - New Hampshire, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - New Hampshire, National Forest Service photograph.

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Granatkastare. 12 cm. during World War I

Granatkastare. 12 cm. during World War I

Granatkastare. 12 cm. Public domain photograph of military forces, army, artillery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The latest photograph of Mary Lee author of "It's a Great War"

The latest photograph of Mary Lee author of "It's a Great War"

Photograph of a woman in profile. She is wearing a dress with a beaded strap. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

UMFA54429:2180 Sverige. Public domain image.

UMFA54429:2180 Sverige. Public domain image.

Militär ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph related to Russian military forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The latest photograph of Mary Lee author of "It's a Great War"

The latest photograph of Mary Lee author of "It's a Great War"

Photograph of a woman in profile. She is wearing a dress with a beaded strap. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Tommy enjoys possession of newly captured Hun trench

Tommy enjoys possession of newly captured Hun trench

British soldiers at the old German Front Line, during World War I. In front of a mound and standing in a network of trenches are groups of soldiers, mostly smiling and laughing. They are all wearing large ponch... More

UMFA54429:4501 Sverige. Public domain image.

UMFA54429:4501 Sverige. Public domain image.

Militärpersonal ur bevakningsstyrkan vid Kvistrum under första världskriget. Platsen är fotografens atelje.

UMFA54429:1907 Sverige. Public domain image.

UMFA54429:1907 Sverige. Public domain image.

Kökspersonal vid militärförläggningen, Kvistrum. Anläggningen byggdes vid första världskriget och blev sedan Nordbergska stiftelsens slöjdskola. Personalen troligen från Smålands regemente. De hade bevakningsup... More

UMFA54429:5106 Sverige. Public domain image.

UMFA54429:5106 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Officer ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of costume design, costume accessory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:2177 Sverige. Public domain image.

UMFA54429:2177 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Två militärer från Eksjö som var bevakningspersonal i Munkedal under första världskriget.

UMFA54429:2723 Sverige. Public domain image.

UMFA54429:2723 Sverige. Public domain image.

Förmodligen officer ur bevakningsstyrkan vid Kvistrum under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait, Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:4892 Sverige. Public domain image.

UMFA54429:4892 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Militär ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:5107 Sverige. Public domain image.

UMFA54429:5107 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Militär ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of costume design, costume accessory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:4503 Sverige. Public domain image.

UMFA54429:4503 Sverige. Public domain image.

Militär ur bevakningsstyrkan vid Kvistrum, första världskriget. Ateljefo. Public domain photograph - military officer, member of armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:5104 Sverige. Public domain image.

UMFA54429:5104 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Militär ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of army uniform, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:4888 Sverige. Public domain image.

UMFA54429:4888 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Militär ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of army uniform, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:5103 Sverige. Public domain image.

UMFA54429:5103 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Militärer ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of army uniform, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:4895 Sverige. Public domain image.

UMFA54429:4895 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Militär ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of army uniform, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:4504 Sverige. Public domain image.

UMFA54429:4504 Sverige. Public domain image.

Militär ur bevakningsstyrkan vid Kvistrum, första världskriget. Ateljefo. Public domain photograph - military officer, member of armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:4893 Sverige. Public domain image.

UMFA54429:4893 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Militär ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMFA54429:5029 Sverige. Public domain image.

UMFA54429:5029 Sverige. Public domain image.

Ateljefoto. Militärpersonal ur bevakningsstyrkan i Munkedal under första världskriget. Public domain photograph of army uniform, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Röda Korset, invalidutväxlingen 1915-1917. Soldater och rödakorssystrar upställda framför ett tåg.Krigsfångeutväxlingen under första världskriget initierades av Röda Korsen. Skadade krigsfångar skulle utväxlas mellan Ryssland och Tyskland. Utväxlingen skedde via Sverige, och soldaterna fördes hem med båt och tåg. 63 463 skadade soldater passerade Trelleborg från den 12 augusti 1915 fram till krigsslutet tre år senare.

Röda Korset, invalidutväxlingen 1915-1917. Soldater och rödakorssystra...

Röda Korset, invalidutväxlingen 1915-1917. Soldater och rödakorssystrar upställda framför ett tåg.Krigsfångeutväxlingen under första världskriget initierades av Röda Korsen. Skadade krigsfångar skulle utväxlas ... More

In the few spare moments when not pounding the Boche our gunners settle down to a game of cards

In the few spare moments when not pounding the Boche our gunners settl...

Three gunners playing a game of cards. They are using a wooden crate as a table, and are sitting outside a dugout or hideout constructed from sandbags. All three are smoking pipes or cigarettes. There is a bott... More

Decorating a doll they found left by villagers in the retreat

Decorating a doll they found left by villagers in the retreat

This photograph shows a group of soldiers looking at an abandoned porcelain doll. The shoulder marks on several of their uniforms show them to be members of the Royal Field Artillery. The HD symbol painted on t... More

Fatigue party going up to the trenches through a ruined village

Fatigue party going up to the trenches through a ruined village

Soldiers moving through a ruined village, France, during World War I. Soldiers carrying equipment make their way through a ruined village. Four of the men are shouldering the weight of what looks to be lengths ... More

View inside Amiens Cathedral during World War I

View inside Amiens Cathedral during World War I

Pulpit of Amiens Cathedral, France, during World War I. This image captures the awe-inspiring beauty of the interior of Amiens Cathedral. In addition to illustrating the daunting size of the Cathedral, the phot... More

How the Germans thought they would stop the British advance

How the Germans thought they would stop the British advance

What is left of a mined roadway. It appears in the foreground as a huge crater. There is a soldier standing to the left, with a bicycle, providing us with a scale for the size of the crater. In the background t... More

Prince of Siam visiting the British front

Prince of Siam visiting the British front

The Prince of Siam standing next to a group of high ranking military officials. According to the photograph's original caption they are visiting a trench mortar school. They are standing next to a trench. The t... More

His Eminence inspecting the Dublin Fusiliers Brigade

His Eminence inspecting the Dublin Fusiliers Brigade

Cardinal Bourne inspecting the Dublin Fusiliers Brigade. The inspection is taking place in a large grassy field. The men are lined up smartly in their ranks, with the officers standing at the front. All of the ... More

Entrance to a captured village, Flanders

Entrance to a captured village, Flanders

A cart drawn by a horse and mule makes its way into a small village on the Western Front. A uniformed man sits on the horse's back, and standing at the side of the road are two further men in uniform. The road ... More

Officer judging the special competition

Officer judging the special competition

A young cavalryman poses for the camera next to two horses. He is holding both sets of reins. Another man, possibly a judge, stands close by. Horse shows were not organised purely for recreational purposes. The... More

Artillery going through a cutting in the Canal du Nord

Artillery going through a cutting in the Canal du Nord

Some horse-drawn artillery wagons entering a cutting in the Canal du Nord, which was being built when war broke out in August 1914. ..The excavations for the Canal du Nord made a perfect defensive system, and t... More

Sjukvårdstvätt under Första världskriget i Haparanda.

Sjukvårdstvätt under Första världskriget i Haparanda.

Sjukvårdstvätt under Första världskriget i Haparanda.

Wood on its way up country, Flanders

Wood on its way up country, Flanders

Wood being transported by railway, France. A long line of railway compartments, each piled high with lumber. The track runs alongside a cobbled road. In the background there are a number of cranes. ..Sawmills w... More

Rysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Rysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Russian propaganda print from the First World War. Public domain photograph related to Swedish military, army, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Första världskriget: Engelska officersbostäder vid Roiselle, vilket fallit i tyskarnas händer.

Första världskriget: Engelska officersbostäder vid Roiselle, vilket fa...

Första världskriget: Engelska officersbostäder vid Roiselle, vilket fallit i tyskarnas händer.

Hero and the girl rehearsing among the ruins, Flanders

Hero and the girl rehearsing among the ruins, Flanders

Two men in costume pose for the camera. The man on the left wears a 'Pierrot' clown outfit: a dark suit with a large white ruff. He also sports a bandana and has an eyeglass to his right eye. He appears to be w... More

Rysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Rysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Russian propaganda print from the First World War. Public domain photograph related to Swedish military, army, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Rysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Russian propaganda print from the First World War. Public domain photograph related to Swedish military, army, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Tysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

German propaganda print from the First World War. Public domain photograph related to Swedish military, army, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Firing into the advancing Germans whilst holding a bridgehead, Flanders

Firing into the advancing Germans whilst holding a bridgehead, Flander...

This photograph shows two soldiers sheltering behind a bank. One is firing his rifle, while the other, a corporal, is watching. The caption suggests they were firing to stop Germans advancing over a bridge, whi... More

Idea of the strength of the German barbed wire at Beaucourt

Idea of the strength of the German barbed wire at Beaucourt

Front line trenches on both sides of the Western Front were guarded by belts of barbed wire. The dilemma facing the attacking soldiers was how to cut through such barbed wire defences while under heavy machine-... More

Tommy's billet, Flanders during World War I

Tommy's billet, Flanders during World War I

This is a light-hearted photograph showing a group of soldiers leaning out of the windows of a ruined house. They appear to be throwing rubbish out, including a tin hat and a pile of what appear to be shell cas... More

Cooking dinner amid the ruins of Thilloy, near Bapaume, Flanders

Cooking dinner amid the ruins of Thilloy, near Bapaume, Flanders

Two soldiers making themselves comfortable in the ruins of a shattered house. One man is cooking on a tin-can brazier, while the other stands watching and smoking. Their kit is hung on the wall behind. A third ... More

Tysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Tysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

German propaganda print from the First World War. Public domain photograph related to Swedish military, army, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Preparing to make a pontoon bridge, Flanders

Preparing to make a pontoon bridge, Flanders

Early stage in making a pontoon bridge, Western Front, during World War I. The first stage of making a pontoon, or temporary floating bridge. A group of soldiers are pulling a flat barge into position at the ed... More

Spanish Officers see a general view of the shell-pocked ground

Spanish Officers see a general view of the shell-pocked ground

Spanish officers visit the Western Front, during World War I. Six men make their way down a fairly steep but not long slope, towards a churned up, muddy stretch of land. The ground is filled with shell holes, i... More

Neuve Eglise church, Flanders during World War I

Neuve Eglise church, Flanders during World War I

This photograph shows the church in the village of Neuve Eglise. It has been badly damaged and stands roofless and windowless. The church, which had been an earlier foundation, had been remodelled in the 18th c... More

General Sir Henry Rawlinson (left) chats with a French War Correspondent

General Sir Henry Rawlinson (left) chats with a French War Corresponde...

General Henry Rawlinson with a French war correspondent. Three men stand in a half-circle, chatting. They appear relaxed and smiling. They are well dressed with heavy coats but also mud bespattered. The town sq... More

Scene in the saw mills, Flanders

Scene in the saw mills, Flanders

Sawmill at the Front. The picture is taken from inside a shed, which is in a field close to a forest. The furthest part of the shed, also the entrance is, open to the elements. The covered part of the shed is a... More

Tysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Tysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

German propaganda print from the First World War. Public domain photograph related to Swedish military, army, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tommies at dinner, Flanders during World War I

Tommies at dinner, Flanders during World War I

This relaxed photograph is thought to have been taken by the official war photographer, John Warwick Brooke. The soldiers in this image appear a little worse for wear and are having to sit directly on the cold ... More

Gal. Joffre et le Gal. Douglas Haig [General Joffre and General Haig]

Gal. Joffre et le Gal. Douglas Haig [General Joffre and General Haig]

Haig and Joffre at Chantilly, France, 1915. Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928) and the French general Joseph Joffre (1852-1931) walking out of a French military-controlled building in Chantilly, France in De... More

King of Montenegro and the Commander-in-Chief inspecting the Guard of Honour

King of Montenegro and the Commander-in-Chief inspecting the Guard of ...

Haig, as Commander-in-Chief of the British forces, walks to the left of King Nikola I Petrovic of Montenegro (1860-1918). The king, wearing a long white coat, is acknowledging the Guard of Honour who are drawn ... More

Life at Camp Dix. N.J. Old Glory. The best flag in the world. Waving in the breeze as the Camp Dix Boys march in its honor

Life at Camp Dix. N.J. Old Glory. The best flag in the world. Waving i...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage New Jersey postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fransk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Fransk propagandabild från första världskriget.

French propaganda image from the First World War. Public domain photograph related to Swedish military, army, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Raiding party returning after the raid, showing barrage behind them

Raiding party returning after the raid, showing barrage behind them

Six soldiers are silhouetted black against the skyline and viewed through a tangle of barbed wire. The men are running back towards the trench. One appears to be climbing over wire. They are holding their rifle... More

Some officers studying a map of newly captured ground, Flanders

Some officers studying a map of newly captured ground, Flanders

Officers examining a map, Western Front, during World War I. Five officers gathered around a map. Some of the men are using shovels to sit on, as if they were shooting sticks. The cap and collar badges of three... More

How Tommy's food is cooked, Flanders

How Tommy's food is cooked, Flanders

An army field kitchen at work, despite the rainy and muddy conditions. The cooking pots gathered around this field kitchen are called 'Dixie's, while the mens own metal containers were called 'bully tins. With ... More

Fransk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Fransk propagandabild från första världskriget.

French propaganda image from the First World War. Public domain photograph related to Swedish military, army, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Rysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Russian propaganda print from the First World War. Public domain photograph related to Swedish military, army, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Within 100 yards of Thiepval Village, Flanders

Within 100 yards of Thiepval Village, Flanders

Two soldiers with their backs to the camera, are leaning up against the incline of the trench. The bottom of the trench is quite narrow and their equipment is lying to hand. They are peering over the top of the... More

One of the many temporary bridges made by the R.E.s over the Somme

One of the many temporary bridges made by the R.E.s over the Somme

Bridge over the Somme, France, during World War I. Seven soldiers stand on a temporary bridge over the Somme. According to the photograph's original caption the bridge was built by the Royal Engineers. The brid... More

Loading of sleepers, Flanders during World War I

Loading of sleepers, Flanders during World War I

A truck has been reversed off the road up against a large stack of logs. Duckboards have been laid down so that the truck can safely negotiate the terrain. The truck is labelled 39426 and has 'load exceed 3 ton... More

Few German prisoners being questioned

Few German prisoners being questioned

Prisoners of War, Western Front, during World War I. German prisoners being questioned by British officers. The prisoners appear to have been given bread rations, possibly for the purposes of the photograph. Th... More

Photographs of Haig - Public domain portrait photograph

Photographs of Haig - Public domain portrait photograph

Photographs showing Field Marshall Earl Haig...digital.nls.uk/75201623 ( http://digital.nls.uk/75201623 )

Painting camouflage on a Tank, Flanders

Painting camouflage on a Tank, Flanders

The picture is taken from within a muddy yard. There is no particular background and so there is very little context to the picture. The back end of another tank is just visible to the left of the photograph. T... More

French Troops moving up into action

French Troops moving up into action

French soldiers marching to the front line, France, during World War I. Dressed in their heavy army overcoats and carrying their long rifles, a group of French soldiers travels to the fighting. Note the protect... More

Rysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Rysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Russian propaganda print from the First World War. Public domain photograph related to Swedish military, army, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig talking to a Sergt. Major of the Gordon Highlanders who formed the Guard of Honour

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig talking to a Sergt. Major of the Gordon...

General Haig and the Gordon Highlanders' guard of honour, during World War I. Down the left half of the photograph are two long rows of soldiers for as far as the eye can see. They are standing at an angle to t... More

How a Boche truck arrived at Clery Station, helped by our artillery

How a Boche truck arrived at Clery Station, helped by our artillery

An upended carriage is shown next to the remains of a brick wall or building. Although the original caption mentions a truck, it is actually an open-topped railway carriage. This photograph is one of a series s... More

Första världskriget: Tyskarnas framträngande till Dorpat. Infanteri på frammarsch.

Första världskriget: Tyskarnas framträngande till Dorpat. Infanteri på...

Första världskriget: Tyskarnas framträngande till Dorpat. Infanteri på frammarsch. Public domain photograph - Swedish army parade, ceremony, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General and Staff in charge of the American engineers who are constructing railways on the British Front

General and Staff in charge of the American engineers who are construc...

The men in this photograph are all wearing the same uniform, which includes a very distinctive hat. It is a beautiful sunny day, but their faces are shielded from the sun by their hats. All of the men are stand... More

His job is a popular one during World War I

His job is a popular one during World War I

Soldiers embarking on home leave, France, during World War I. This photograph shows a group of soldiers about to embark on a ship for home leave. A sergeant major is collecting their home leave tickets. Two of ... More

H.M. leaving an observation post on Vimy Ridge

H.M. leaving an observation post on Vimy Ridge

A corrugated iron shed is built into an embankment of loose dirt. The surroundings in fact are dominated by dark, loose mud, interspersed with some low-lying shrubs. This creates quite a barren and bleak atmosp... More

Germans destroy all bridges as they are driven back, but our troops quickly replace them

Germans destroy all bridges as they are driven back, but our troops qu...

Cavalrymen crossing a bridge, France, during World War I. This image shows a long line of cavalrymen travelling across a temporary bridge. They are all laden down with equipment. Their load includes food for th... More

Some of the spectators during World War I

Some of the spectators during World War I

Groups of soldiers are all sitting along a river bank while a couple of soldiers stand on the path close to the camera. In the distance soldiers wearing gear can be seen. Everybody seems fairly relaxed...Soldie... More

Tysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Tysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

German propaganda print from the First World War. Public domain photograph related to Swedish military, army, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Germans shelling a church behind our lines

Germans shelling a church behind our lines

This photograph is at first sight a tranquil scene of a village and church across a field. However, smoke is rising from the ruins of the church and German shells can be seen dropping on the village...From the ... More

[US Participation in World War I, French Battlefields]

[US Participation in World War I, French Battlefields]

[US Participation in World War I, French Battlefields] - [FRA-8342 through FRA-8379]

Two Generals discussing a plan of defence in a trench

Two Generals discussing a plan of defence in a trench

Two officers, identifiable as generals by their shoulder insignia and collar braid, are sitting in a trench, looking at a map. Two junior officers await their orders. There were regular briefings of officers. U... More

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