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1914
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Trenches of the Allies Among the Dunes and Brambles on the Coast of Flanders
Allied soldiers position their weapons while crouching behind a trench next to the coast of Belgium.
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Skoda Works, Pilsen, Bohemia, Where the Famous Skoda Mortars Were Made.
Men and women stand next to a Skoda howitzer at an artillery factory in Bohemia.
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At Longwy, France--Ruins Around Main Gateway
Three German soldiers sit in front of piles of rubble with the remains of two bombed buildings behind them.
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"Mur Tschoffen" Wall in Dinant before which Germans Shot Many Loyal Belgians
A Belgian family stand in front of the memorial at the wall at Dinant where invading German soldiers executed a number of Belgian citizens after the invasion in August 1914.
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1914-1918
Altar of Malines Cathedral. Wrecked by German Shells.
A priest sits beside the destroyed altar at the Cathedral of St. Rombaut in Malines, Belgium, a town bombarded several times over the course of the war.
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Cardinal Mercier, Renowned Belgian Prelate, Speaking at Dinant, Belgium
Cardinal Mercier speaks to a crowd at the cathedral in Dinant, Belgium, a town that suffered a massacre of Belgian civilians when the Germans invaded in 1914. Mercier was known for speaking out passionately against German atocities in Beglium...
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1918
French Refugees Fleeing Into Amines From the Somme District
A group of French refugees and their belongings piled onto a cart leading them into Amiens after the German invasion of the Somme District in 1918
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Belgian Refugees Housed in Alexandria Palace, London
A group of Belgian refugees, mostly women and children, sit amongst row of beds inside Alexandria Palace, on the outskirts of London.
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Awaiting Enemy in French Trenches with Rifle and Mitrailleuse.
French soldiers crouch behind a trench constructed of sandbags, brandishing rifles and machine guns.
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French Cavalry Ready to Follow an Infantry Attack.
Mounted French soldiers brandishing swords gather, awaiting orders to follow an impending infantry attack.
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