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ON THE BATTLEFIELD

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us american communication phone soldier trench tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

Comm Center at command post

ca1918

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Source of Photograph: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress.

verdun us american african negro soldier trench tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

Verdun

Verdun.jpg

U.S. Army Infantry troops, African American unit,

marching northwest of Verdun, France, in World War I

1918 Nov. 5

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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"Over the top"

American soldiers answering the bugle call to "charge"

Creator(s): Keystone View Company.,

Date Created/Published: Meadville, Pa. : Keystone View Co.,

 c1918 March 25.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

polland german soldier trench tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

German troops tightening their grip on Russian Polland

1915

Photo credit given to: Paul Thompson

Source of Photograph: The Independent, 1915

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Alsace

Alsace.jpg

German Frontier Post – Alsace

Photograph shows German sign reading

"Deutsches Reich" in Alsace region of France at the beginning of World War One.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Bain News Service, publisher

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

German bruxelles brussels belgium belgique soldier trench tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

Bruxelles

Bruxelles.jpg

Brussels

Germans crossing Place Charles Rogier,

Photograph shows German soldiers marching in a street in Brussels, Belgium during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

1914 Aug. 20

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

German soldier trench tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

German officers in an automobile on the road with a convoy of wagons;

soldiers walk along side the road

between 1914 and 1918

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

soldier trench tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

American Red Cross Commission

on Belgian first line watching shelling of German trenches by Belgian artillery.

Party was watching along from R. to P. (5 miles).

Whenever heard shell going overhead make break for parapet to see where landed.

Major Lee had German shell nearby in reply

between 1914 and 1920

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

lee schaick German soldier trench tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

Mr. Lee, Mr. Van Schaick and Belgian officers of Staff and Belgian Captains commanding sector watching Belgian shells break on German trenches.

Illustrates that character of war changed and sniping not so common

between 1914 and 1920

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

German soldier trench tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

Defenders of Tsing Tau

Photograph shows German soldiers outside of Tsingtao (now Qingdao), China,

probably during the Siege of Tsingtao during which the German-controlled port city

was attacked by British and Japanese forces.

1914

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

chauconin neufmontiers German soldier trench tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

Chauconin - Neufmontiers

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Looking at battlefield booty

Photograph shows German or French soldiers looking at war booty at Chauconin-Neufmontiers, France during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

German soldier trench tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

German observers

Photograph shows German soldiers,

including two on a ladder and one using a binocular trench periscope during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016)

between ca. 1915 and 1918

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

German soldier trench tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

Germans in Carpathians

German soldiers in the Carpathian Mountains during World War I.

between ca. 1915 and 1918

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

German soldier trench tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

German trenches & screen

Photograph shows German soldiers in trench with a log screen during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016)

between ca. 1915 and 1918

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

hussar German soldier trench tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

German Hussar patrol

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

German soldier trench tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

German officers in trench

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

German soldier tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

German troops pursuing Russians

Photograph shows a bird's-eye view of a roadway with a column of troops proceeding

from the left toward the center and mounted troops on the roadway

in the foreground moving toward the right.

c1915 Jul. 29

J205306 U.S. Copyright Office

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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German Telephone Central at front

Photograph shows German soldiers using telephone during World War I.

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

German soldier tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

[close up]

German Telephone Central at front

Photograph shows German soldiers using telephone during World War I.

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

German soldier tranchee ww1 guerre 14 18

[close up]

German Telephone Central at front

Photograph shows German soldiers using telephone during World War I.

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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