Photos WW1 Germany and Their Allies

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Young Austro-Hungarian soldier armed with an older Mannlicher M.1888/90 rifle and issued with 'ersatz' ammunition pouches made of impregnated cardboard. The quality of the army's uniforms and equipment deteriorated significantly during the war!

 

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A7V crew with kit that might protect them from spall, 1918. Of interest is the officer's dagger - or other sidearm.

 

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German infantry and a machine gun in position on the Eastern Front, March 1915

 

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A sentry of the German 21st Reserve Jäger Battalion on in a trench overlooking the Rawka River, June 1915.

 

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An A7V heavy tank crew named Cyclops and her crew. 23 April 1918, Villers-Bretonneux, Northern France.

 

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A7V tank "Elfriede" which turned over in a pit during the first German attack on 24 April 1918, one kilometre from Villers-Bretonneux on the Hangard-en-Santerre road, 8 May 1918.

 

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Horses of the 57th Landwehr Infantry Regiment sinking into the muddy streets on the Eastern Front, 1918

 

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Czech infantry regiment of the Austro-Hungarian Army (1914)

 

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Nighttime photo of the snow-covered Italian positions on Mt. Sief, lit up by two Austro-Hungarian flare rockets, 26 March 1917. The barbed wire in front of the Austro-Hungarian trenches can be seen in the foreground.

 

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Aug 2, 1917. Mounted cavalry with a gas mask

 

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Carinthian boys of Austria-Hungary's so-called Jung-Schützen (Young Rifles) company. Despite consisting exclusively of under-age volunteers, some of these formations did see front-line service

 

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German supply column moving up near Étricourt-Manancourt, 24 March 1918.

 

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Czech infantry regiment of the Austro-Hungarian Army (1914).

 

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Albatros D.III fighters of Jasta 11. The second aircraft from the camera (with the step ladder) was painted red, and was one of several flown by Manfred von Richthofen, March of 1917

 

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Two German soldiers and their mule wearing gas masks (c. 1917)

 

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German soldiers posing for a photograph in the trenches, c.1916.

German transport driver wearing a gas mask with his horses, who are using feeding sacks.

Two German soldiers and their mule wearing gas masks (c. 1917)

 

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Dead Rats from a trench occupied by the 111. Infanterie Division.

 

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German MG 08 anti-aircraft machine gun post set up in a shell hole. Flanders Front, September 1917.

 

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View from German submarine U-28 as a torpedo strikes British steamship RMS Falaba on March 28th 1915 during what became known as the "Thrasher Incident"

On 28 March, at 1140, the conning tower of U-28, commanded by Kapitänleutnant Georg-Günther von Forstner, was sighted by Chief Officer Walter Baxter. Captain Frederick Davies then ordered the Falaba to steer away at maximum speed. However, Davies then ordered them to stop and to send two wireless messages of their predicament, the result of the Germans warning the ship to "stop or I will fire." Forstner then ordered Davies to abandon the ship, as it was to be sunk. The evacuation was disorganized, which resulted in several casualties. A torpedo amidships sank the ship quickly.

One of the 104 persons to die in the incident was Leon Thrasher, who was the first American to die from the action of a German submarine.