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An American Marine receiving first aid in the trenches in the Toulon Sector, France. 22 Mar 1918.
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French forces under German artillery fire during the Battle of Verdun, 1916
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A German Fokker D.VII pilot from the Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 74 shows off high-altitude oxygen equipment, c.1917.
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Italian Arditi soldiers in the Paradiso Pass. Trento, Italy, May 1918.
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Two Austro-Hungarians with an Italian dud, WWI
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Rare color autochrome shows French machine gunners searching for aerial targets during the Second Battle of the Aisne. 1917.
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French soldier caught in the camera frame as shell explodes on the Verdun battlefield, 1916
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Daylight patrol of the 6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders working forward towards Hausa and Delbar Woods, August 1918
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Royal Flying Corps pilot cadet practices deflection shooting from a moving platform on rails launched at high speed. Egypt, 1918.
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German sailor and a Swedish sailor, WWI.
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Šumadija Division of the Serbian Army on the Salonika Front, 1916.
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Gunners of the Royal Horse Artillery in a German 5.9-inch howitzer emplacement on the Arras-Cambrai road, April 1917.
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Officers and men of the Gordon Highlanders resting by the roadside, near Meaulte, July 1916.
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Men of the 9th and 10th Battalions, 3rd Brigade, Australian 1st Division at Mena Camp, looking towards the Pyramids in December 1914. Both battalions would later fight in the Gallipoli campaign.
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Christmas Dinner 1916 At the Front, Canadian Expeditionary Force From the collection of William McLellan
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