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1914-1918
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French "75" Gun in Action against Battle Planes.
A six-man crew mans a "75" artillery gun in a forest while a soldier on the side takes a photograph.
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Body of a German Aviator in His Wrecked Machine Back of the French Lines.
A dead German aviator lies upside down amongst the wreckage of his plane. On the right side, there are troops of French soldiers.
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Observation Balloon Fatally Pierced by Incendiary Bullets from American Plane.
A view from the ground of a German observation balloon exploding after receiving fire from an American warplane. The silhouette of a passenger basket can be seen hanging from the bottom of the balloon.
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Attaching Observation Balloon to Winch for Towing into Position, Army of Occupation, Weissenburg, Germany.
American troops attach an observation balloon to its winch and prepare it to take off in a field in Weissenburg, Germany.
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Through the Uncharted Heavens She Blazed the Trail --- Dirigible R-34 at Minneola.
A view of a Dirigible R-34 at Roosevelt Field in Mineola, NY. Lines of troops are visible underneath the airship. In the foreground, two soldiers stand in a field with their weapons over their shoulders.
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"Through sickly shrapnel-sown meadows reaped by death alone."
A view of a deep trench and a sheet extending down over what is likely a hideaway for soldiers. On the ground above the trench, two soliders lay dead or dying. Another soldier crouches next to one of the bodies, tending to him.
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Watching "the Crimson Chorus of the Guns" Playing to the Enemy.
In the foreground, we see the backs of two soldiers' heads as they look out over a hill. Clouds from artillery fire rise in the background.
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Shells Bursting in Ruined French Village
A field in France, alongside a dirt road. Off in the distance smoke billows on the horizon.
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Huge Shell Hole beside a Highway, France
Smoke billows from a large crater made by an exploding shell, covering the road and forest behind it.
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1917-1918
Monument in Memory of Canadians Who Fell at Vimy in April, 1917
A monument, with a cross mounted on the roof, to the Canadian forces who fell recapturing the Vimy Ridge from the Germans, a charge largely led by the Canadian Corps.
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Boyish Germany Prisoners at a Dressing Station, Longpont
A young German soldier, taken prisoner of war, sits on a rock beside a Red Cross worker. In the background are a few other soldiers and a medical attendant.
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German Prisoners, Under Guard of French Soldiers, Were Humanely Treated by the Allies
A crowd of German prisoners of war sit or lie on the ground. Two French soldiers stand watch in the back.
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"And Now We Lie in Flanders' Fields." Vallee Foulon, France.
A military cemetery, for fallen soldiers in World War I, in the mountains of Northern France.
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Camp of French Artillerymen Enjoying Well-earned Rest from Trench Warfare
At a military camp, French artillery soldiers sleeping and relaxing in front of a row of tents.
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French Reserves Watching Their Comrades Going Into "The Valley of the Shadow"
French soldiers stand in front of a desolate field, watching their fellow soldiers march to the front.
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His Last Fight--"See he lies, death staring from his eyes"--Somewhere in France.
A dead soldier, his nationality is unable to identify as his helmet is missing and his uniform obscured by rubble, lies at the bottom of a trench.
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French Mine Explosion under Enemy Trenches
A soldier looks across a desolate field at smoke billowing from an exploding German trench.
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"Setting the stage for the Devil's play"- French Front
This photograph is of soldiers setting up barbed wire. It was used frequently on the front lines.
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Ripped and Battered to Death by the Enemy- a Derelict tank, Cambrai
This photograph is of a tank that has been destroyed by battle. The shells that struck it were powerful enough to rip through the large machine.
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Huge Tanks Crossing the Somme
This photograph is of men surrounding a tank. There is rubble on the ground and a fence and houses in the background. Tanks were new to many soldiers and could do serious damage.
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A Field of Forty Tanks- "Like a Flock of Sheep Browsing"- Bethune
There is a field of many tanks with trees in the distance. According to the photograph. the tank was designed first by the British.
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Huge Armored Tank Making Its Way Through a Smoke Screen
This photograph is of a tank in a field with trees and smoke surrounding it. Tanks proved to be very powerful weapns.
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How France Aided Her Fighters- Renault Tanks Going to the Front
This photograph is of tanks and soldiers marching. The tank was very efficient machinery.
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French "Tanks" Which Saw Service, Parading Paris Streets
This photograph is of a man inside a tank on a parade in Paris, France. The photograph says that tanks were nicknamed "the caterpillar" because of their movements.
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Marshall Joffre, Vivani, Chocheprar and Fabry- French War Commission- With Gov. Lowden and State Officials at Tomb of Lincoln, Springfield, ILL.
Many men in uniform are gathered around Lincoln's tomb. There is an American flag.
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