893 best r/wwi images on Pholder | A 45,000lb mine explodes underneath the German lines at Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916.

A 45,000lb mine explodes underneath the German lines at Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916.

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A British Army chaplain saying a prayer over a dying German Army medic near Epehy, France on 18th September 1918.

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The only black soldier of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1915

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Aerial view of the village of Passchendaele before and after the Third Battle of Ypres, 1917.

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Father and son from the same German regiment read a letter from their respective wife and mother at the front, 1915.

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A German officer and an NCO wearing portable sound locating apparatus's to detect enemy aircraft. Western Front, 1917. [1056 x 1600]

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Pyramid of WWI German helmets in New York, 1919.

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Lieutenant Adolf Auer and his gunner in their plane. The Star of David was painted on to annoy fellow pilot Hermann Goring who made anti semitic remarks to his Jewish co-pilot Willi Rosenstein. Date and location unknown.

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Some WW1 handguns

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Found in an old safety deposit box today.. letter to my great great grandmother telling of her son's death overseas in 1918

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Saxon Infantrymen, 1917

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189 faces of men who lost their lives on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. They represent less than 1% of the men who died that day.

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Jewish Soldiers from the German army in WWI light the Hannuka Candles (1916)

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German WWI sniper's face armor with a cut-out for the rifle stock

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The Front Line at the Somme, 100 years later

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A Senegalese WW1 soldier who lost both his arms writes a letter with his new prosthetic limbs at the Vocational Rehabilitation School for Amputees in Paris, 1918. Specifically he was part of the Senegalese Tirailleurs, a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army.

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Officers of the 257e Infantry, elite unit, January 1916

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Kaiser Wilhelm II and Winston Churchill observing military maneuvers together near Breslau, Silesia, Germany, Autumn 1906

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My great grandfather in his GM-15 Gummimaske.

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Monthly killed (military) for France, Great Britain, Italy, Germany and Austria-Hungary. Little project I worked on

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World War 1 - Truce during Easter between Imperial Russian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers. 1916

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14,000 marble crosses honor Americans at Verdun.

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A photo I did some restoration on for use in my final year photography project I thought you might like

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British infantry awaiting the order to advance during the Battle of Morval (part of the Battle of the Somme) - September, 1916

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Australian infantry attack a German pillbox during the Battle of the Polygon Wood, 1917. [1200x480]. Artist is Fred Leist.

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A studio portrait of my second cousin, Horace D Hunter, who was Last seen advancing through machine gun fire and wire on the 03 may, 1917.

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Two wounded Canadian soldiers being evacuated in an ambulance from the Third Battle of Ypres - 1917

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French WWI solider using a periscope rifle

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Aerial photo of a French gas attack on the Somme, ca 1917

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English soldiers look at the place a German soldier landed after falling from a zeppelin, leaving an imprint.

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Cover Mock-Up for Upcoming WWI Novel

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Karl I, last Habsburg Emperor of Austria-Hungary, posing in military uniform, 1917 (Colorized)

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French soldiers conducting a bayonet charge up a hill in the Argonne forest, October 1915 during the Second Battle of Champagne. Sep 25 – Nov 6 1915

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Adrian Polack helmet designed for sentries at Verdun.

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Horse with a machine gun during WW1 (German Army).

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The National World War One Museum in Kansas City

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Remains of French soldiers on the battlefield

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As promised, a formal photo of my grandfather in his uniform. Earlier I posted a picture of him recovering in a hospital after being gassed. He was Slovene and fought for the Austria-Hungary empire in what is now Slovenia. He was born in 1883, so he was in his early 30s here. If you know anything

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German Funnel Listening Post in Nueve-Chapelle, France - 1916

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On November 21st, 1916 His Majesty's Hospital Ship Britannic hit a mine near the Greek Island of Kea. The ship would slip beneath the waves 55 minutes later, taking 30 of the 1,065 people on board down with her. She was the largest ship sunk during WWI and a sister ship to the Titanic and Olympic.

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Dead bodies of British soldiers in no mans land after a wave attack on La Boisselle. 3rd of July 1916

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A very well known pic but always fun with reposts. Can’t get my mind of the scale. Usually you see a few soldiers in a picture near the frontline but this really gives it a understanding of the scale of the conflict in a very tangible way.

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A young german medic(Sanitatshundfuhrer) with his dog, a german shepherd. These type of dogs were called officially Sanitatshunde (medical Dog). They were trained to alert and show medical personnel the locations of wounded soldiers or even dragging them to a safer zone. 1917?

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Armistice Day - Lest We Forget

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British soldier offering a water flask to a wounded German prisoner near La Boisselle, Battle of Somme July 3, 1916. This photograph, colourised by @julius.colorization

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Memorial to WW1 soldiers (potentially wrongly) executed for cowardice. [OC]

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The Third Battle of the Aisne. French infantry coming back through Passy-sur-Marne, pass a British regimental band resting by the roadside, 29 May 1918. If the date and location are correct, then this could be the 8th (Service) Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment.

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Today is not a day without meat! - The fellow soldiers of the 120th Infantry Regiment of Wurttemberg in August 1916. in the Somme region, near the village of Guillemont

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Just Published my Grandfather's WWI Letters

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German Hussars crossing into Serbia. 1915.

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My Great-Grandfather in his military uniform (US Army)

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Assault squad posing for photo (by uniforms and weapons probably Austrian), circa 1917/1918

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New Zealand soldiers with a captured German 1918 Mauser T-Gewehr anti tank rifle

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(Colourised By Me) This was taken by a soldier of 1/6th West Yorks in the trenches north of Ypres in 1915.

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How did attackers secure captured Trenches? Since frontlines were connected to support and reserve trenches for 500 miles if the attackers secured the Trench wouldn't they have basically won as they now had access to the entire network??

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Bela Lugosi as officer in Austro-Hungarian army in WW1 (served on Russian front), later became famous actor in role of Dracula and other horror films, 1916

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Found yesterday in my yard near Budoia Italy. Dropped about 103 years ago by an Austrian.

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Some Rifles of the Triple Entente! 1918, 1916, and 1914 dated, respectively.

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Portuguese corporal near his troops in France, 1917 - 1st World War (Photo colorized by Rui Candeias)

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Found this pic of my great grandfather. Anyone know which branch of military is this uniform?

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[Tatiana Tanja Yarikova] Hungary. Memorial to the soldiers who died in the first world war. Placed in 2014 Sculptor bojte horvath istvan One of the best monuments I have seen.

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Diversity of the Austrian-Hungarian Army

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An American soldier with his trusty 1911 pistol on the edge of the Argonne forest in France, c. October 1918

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Russian sharpshooter shoots upside down while in a rifle pit, 1915.

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French soldiers at the Somme

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Finally I have them All

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(Colourised By Me) The Nova Scotia Highlanders (85th Battalion CEF), marching through Belgium in World War One (Date Unknown).

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In addition to all the lives lost, don't forget the thousands of horses and mules that were used in service. This scan is of a photo from a collection I have.

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On Friday we went on kind of a pilgrimage to the top of Monte Pasubio, where long and heavy battles were fought between the Royal Italian Army and the Austro-Hungarian Army. It's a sacred place and every step on those mountain tracks is a step in history. Remains of war are still very well visible

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Soldiers of the 16th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Public Schools), part of the famed 29th Division, on 1 July 1916, the infamous ‘First Day’ of the Battle of the Somme.

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My Great-Great Grandfather (squatting and smoking in the middle) as a corporal of the 5th squadron of the Imperial and Royal 7th 'Kaiser Wilhelm II' Hussar Regiment in Antovac (Bosnia-Hercegovina) 13rd September 1914

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My Canadian cap badge collection

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Girlfriend’s mother has this, says Queen Victoria gave them to soldiers the first Christmas of the war, filled with cigarettes

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My grandfather and his girlfriend. He was only sixteen here but looks much older.

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World War I - Hermann Goring in his fighter plane, getting ready for his next mission.

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L Cpl William Whitton, my great grandfather's brother, who was killed on 25th Sep 1915 during the Battle of Loos.

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Hello, this is the headstone of my 2nd great grandfather who was KIA on the 16 March 1917 in Belgium. He was in the 17 Battalion of the nots and derby regiment. I was hoping somebody has a photo of him or could help me find one. thanks

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German troops in Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia, 1918

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My great grandfather, his family and one hell of a moustache!

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USS L-1 Alongside USS Constitution

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My WWI book and movie shelf.

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American soldiers crosses the no-mans land somewhere in France during the Meuse–Argonne offensive in September 1918. The soldier in the middle is one of the few combatants who brings the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) into combat during WWI.

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A7V in Aberdeen Maryland, 1942. Being towed to be scrapped for metal.

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I've also started a collection of flechettes, the steel aerial darts that were dumped by planes by the boxful over the trenches early in the war.

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This is my great grandfather’s headstone. I was curious about finding out more about his part in the war. I found a Co. G out of Erie online. Is this the only Co. G? Thanks in advance for how to read this.

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Killed in action on 15th May 1918, Corporal Robert Kirk bravely served the 11th Battalion Border Regiment. Engaged to my late grandmother's aunt, this sketch portrait and cap badge is all that truly remains of his memory and ultimate sacrifice.

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Bulgarian Stormtroopers resting before Battle. Probably taken sometime between 1916-18.

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Poster from French magazine Le Petit Journal showing illustrations of uniforms of French allies and enemies, start of the war, 1914

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My great granddad in WWI [1028x1484]

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The best flying aces from Germany and Russia during World War I - Manfred von Richtofen (German); Alexander Kazakov (Russia)

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Le Mort Homme. Real combat shot of German soldiers launching an attack during the Battle of Verdun, March 15-16, 1916. Repost from @ww1photos_info. More in comments.

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These are two of my Great Uncles who died in the Battle of the Somme fighting for Germany. Any idea from their uniforms what units they served with or any other details?

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My great great grandfather in 1914. Poland haven't existed yet but he fought in World War I

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