BP Posted November 14, 2014 Posted November 14, 2014 American troops celebrating the Armistice. Days like that must make everything else in life seem minor. The joy of the Armistice was short-lived when Carl Johnson of Lincoln, Nebraska, a veteran of ten battles going "over the top", was killed by a falling steel helmet....
Mr King Posted November 16, 2014 Posted November 16, 2014 Douglas Fairbanks Jr holding Charlie Chaplin during a promotion for War Bonds on Wall Street 1918
Mr King Posted November 16, 2014 Posted November 16, 2014 Canadian soldiers with German officer POW's, Battle of Vimy Ridge 1917 That first officer looks straight out of Hogans Heros.
X-Files Posted November 19, 2014 Posted November 19, 2014 36th Ulster Divisionhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2838031/Amateur-photographer-turned-soldier-defied-WWI-Army-chiefs-secret-photographs-life-trenches.html
Mr King Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 Jewish German Soldiers celebrating Hanuka in Russia 1916
Mr King Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 General Pershing saluting the grave of Marquis de Lafayette
Mikel2 Posted December 18, 2014 Author Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) Jewish German Soldiers celebrating Hanuka in Russia 1916 I wonder how many of them survived WWII and their grateful nation. Edited December 18, 2014 by Mikel2
bojan Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) ... Edited December 19, 2014 by bojan
Mikel2 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Posted December 31, 2014 Parade through London in 1918 Tank Week' in Preston was 21st to 28th January 1918 London Toronto Melbourne Victory March, July 1919.
Mr King Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) Great pictures. Richthofen's room in East Prussia decorated with trophies from his kills. Edited January 2, 2015 by Mr King
MiloMorai Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 German AA gun many more interesting photos, http://wwimodeller.co.nz/category/period-photos/interesting-photos/
Mr King Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 WWI vets who had been blinded by gas during the war, making baskets (c. 1917-1919)
MiloMorai Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Colored photos, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2695644/The-horror-war-youve-never-seen-Reproduced-breathtaking-colour-dramatic-photographs-WW1-carnage-courage.html Bloodbath and mudbath Seven stretcher bearers struggle to carry a wounded man to safety in Flanders during the battle of Passchendaele in 1917. Prolonged shelling destroyed drainage ditches and turned the area around the shattered town of Ypres into a quicksand of impassable sucking mud that would bog down wounded men and drown them
Mikel2 Posted January 23, 2015 Author Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) I thought I found a film of this, but it doesn't appear to be the same. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/tank-crushes-car Edited January 23, 2015 by Mikel2
Mr King Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 German Observation Balloon, Equancourt, France September 22, 1916
Mikel2 Posted January 24, 2015 Author Posted January 24, 2015 German Observation Balloon, Equancourt, France September 22, 1916 What is the purpose of the right section of the balloon?
BillB Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 German Observation Balloon, Equancourt, France September 22, 1916 What is the purpose of the right section of the balloon? I think its a kind of tail to stop it spinning around & tangling its anchor cables. It's not very clear in this view but there are tail plane sections too. If you scroll down to Fig. 2 you can see them clearly here:http://www.allworldwars.com/The-German-Air-Force-In-The-Great-War-by-Neumann.html British & French balloons also had a tailplane arrangement, I think this is French http://digital.nls.uk/first-world-war-official-photographs/pageturner.cfm?id=74548640, and there's a Brit one near the bottom here: http://www.fsww1.com/documentation/aircraft.html [edited to add] just for interests sake Equancourt is on the Somme, ten miles south-east of Bapaume, opposite the southern half of the British attack sector on 1 July 1916BillB
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now