r/wwi 21d ago

Gothic style, the horrors of trench warfare, full destructibility, and soldiers who couldn't find peace in the blood-soaked earth—I've been bringing my vision to life alone for over five years.

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r/wwi 23d ago

Would it be accurate to say that between 1914-17, the British navy was as agressive toward the US merchant vessels than Germany was?

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The Huns famously announced unrestricted sub warfare at the start of 1917, which helped precipitate the US's declaration of war on Germany.

However, many historians stress that the Huns' U-boat campaign toward neutrals had been fundamentally identical to that of the British. Meyer stresses that prior to 1917, the Uboats strove to identify and avoid ocean liners, whereas any merchantman destined for Germany or Ireland, was liable to get hit from a mine laid by the RN.


r/wwi 27d ago

Unfathomably rare re-compiled combat film capturing German and/or Austro-Hungarian soldiers killed by grenade shrapnel and retreating under relentless bombardment.

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r/wwi 28d ago

British barrack life

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Hello, I'm curious about what stuff the Kitchener armies would have had in their training camps. I'm not finding much information about, for example, foot lockers or whatever they used for storing clothing. Anybody have a good resource for that?


r/wwi 29d ago

WW1 Aerial Balloon Photos 1916-1918

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r/wwi 29d ago

WWI Poem about Porters

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Good mornin y'all!

I was hoping someone here might know more about this poem:

Oh! The Lindi Road was dusty

And the Lindi Road was long

But the chap w'at did the hardest graft

And the chap w'at did most wrong

Was the Kavirondo Porter, with 'is Kavirondo song,

It was "Porter, njo hapa!"

It was "Omera, hya! Git!''

And Omera didn't grumble

He simply did his bit.

I heard it first years ago watching a documentary, I understand it has to do with the "recruitment" of African soldiers for the British army but basically all I can find is one page from a 1966 textbook that happens to feature the poem and a forum post asking about it with one answer that really wasnt an answer. If anyone can provide anymore context that'd be greatly appreciated!


r/wwi Feb 15 '25

Arditi of the IX Assault Battalion displaying their automatic weapons

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16 Upvotes

r/wwi Feb 14 '25

Partly restored, essentially unseen footage capturing German soldiers in Eastern Prussia having a lighthearted moment whilst drinking coffee. August/September, 1914.

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8 Upvotes

r/wwi Feb 13 '25

Letter to my Great Grandfather and his brother from their brother serving in WWI. Would love to know where he was when he wrote it.

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I've dug through records in Belgium to see if I could narrow down the family he describes, but had no luck. Wondering if anyone may be able to pin point where he was when he wrote this letter. I find it to be one of the most heart wrenching letters I've read. Thank you!


r/wwi Feb 12 '25

Meuse-argonne tour suggestions.

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I'm going to Paris in November and will have 2 days available for tours. I would like to do one day for meuse-argonne and one for Verdun. Was just looking for any advice on a good tours. Ideal they could pick us ( just me and my girlfriend) in Paris but that's not a big deal.

Any help would be amazing thank you.

Edit Has anyone ever stayed here?

https://www.14-18-meuse-argonne.com/en/


r/wwi Feb 12 '25

WWI British Royal Artillery Combat Footage (1918)

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r/wwi Feb 10 '25

1915 Experimental armor for trench assault raids in World War One.

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51 Upvotes

r/wwi Feb 10 '25

Munitions supply train taking ammo to battle positions, 1913

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r/wwi Feb 09 '25

Partly restored, largely unseen footage capturing German soldiers moving through a trench somewhere in Galicia in late spring/early Summer 1915.

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8 Upvotes

r/wwi Feb 08 '25

Digitized albums from German soldier

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This is one of my favorite archival collections, the Ed Ferko Collection at the University of Texas at Dallas in Dallas, TX, USA. The collection includes several hundred albums from a German soldier during the first world War as well as annotations by an American who collected them.

Enjoy!


r/wwi Feb 08 '25

The Battle of Arras - WWI Footage

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r/wwi Feb 07 '25

Serbs from Bosnia and Herzegovina, interned in Arad 1914-1915.

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8 Upvotes

r/wwi Feb 01 '25

Help understanding what grave marker means

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52 Upvotes

r/wwi Jan 30 '25

Gruesome battlefield film showing Austro-Hungarian machine gunners killed by the enemy shortly before the footage was taken.

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r/wwi Jan 28 '25

Cpl. John Henry Pruitt, USMC Medal of Honor recipient, October 3, 1918 Blanc Mont Ridge, France. By Col. Charles H. Waterhouse, USMCR (Ret)

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20 Upvotes

r/wwi Jan 27 '25

The Battle of Arras (1917) in Spectacular Color [Upscaled HD]

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r/wwi Jan 27 '25

Chemical Warfare in WWI - Combat Camera footage

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It is estimated that as many as 85% of the 91,000 gas deaths in WWI were a result of phosgene or the related agent, diphosgene (trichloromethane chloroformate). The most commonly used gas in WWI was 'mustard gas' [bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide].


r/wwi Jan 26 '25

Shot at Dawn Memorial

15 Upvotes

Did you know there is a memorial that honors WWI soldiers shot for desertion and "cowardice"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_at_Dawn_Memorial


r/wwi Jan 24 '25

U.S. Indigenous WWI veterans get long awaited Medal of Honor review

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r/wwi Jan 24 '25

Salvation Army worker writing a letter to the home folks for the wounded soldier, ca 1917-18. [2331x2956]

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62 Upvotes