Photos of First World War

Eerste Wereldoorlog, krijgsgevangenen

A German soldier, lights the cigarette of a British solider taken as a prisoner of war

Soldier's comrades watching him as he sleeps, Thievpal, France, during World War I 

Soldier's comrades watching him as he sleeps, Thievpal, France, during World War I 

The morning of Aug.8th 1918. German prisoners just taken, returning in charge of a single Australian past their own burning dug-outs 

German prisoners in August 1918, in the last major offensive of the war.

Leven in een loopgraaf

A typical trench scene. British soldiers in a former German trench.

The shell shattered areas of Chateau Wood 

The devastation of war - The shell shattered areas of Chateau Wood

British soldiers arriving in a village, during World War I 

Victims of war, British soldiers with fleeing civilians.

Moving big guns up to the front by hand

Soldiers struggling to drag a big gun up to the front. 

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

Tanks on parade in Blackfriars, London at the end of the war in November 1918.

Many of the tanks put out of action were used as shelters for the wounded 

Broken tanks used to shelter wounded.

 

Photos of the Air war

An accident on Savy Aerodrome during the German offensive in 1918

An accident on Savy Aerodrome during the German offensive in 1918