WW1: Trenches, Death, Mayhem (2 Viewers)

[DeathHand]

Set 37.

141. British soldiers check the body of a fallen comrade to ID him.

142. A British Sergeant puts on a brave face in the midst of his flooded trench and dugout.

143. British or Canadian soldiers check the body of a fallen German soldier.

144. British Wiltshire Regiment moves forward. Thiepval.

 

[DeathHand]

Set 38.

145. Burial detail.

146. Burned out plane and the skeletal remains of the pilot and navigator.

147A. Well known photo of British or Canadian soldiers hunkered down in a trench with the dead bodies of their fallen comrades. Note their positions.

147B. Same scene as above, but a less known photo of the soldiers. Compare the soldiers positions with the above image.

 

[DeathHand]

Set 39.

148. Canadian soldiers stand over the body of a dead German soldier (Verdun, I think).

149. Crash of a large German zeppelin.

150. Germans at the site of a fighter plane crash.

151. Australian soldiers killed in apparent attack on a German pillbox. Menin, Sept. 1917.

 

[DeathHand]

"Dec 1917: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Following the successful revolution by the Bolsheviks, the Russians signed an Armistice with Germany at Brest-Litovsk. The terms of the treaty were harsh: Russia had to surrender Poland, the Ukraine and other regions. They had to stop all Socialist propaganda directed at Germany and pay 300 million roubles for the repatriation of Russian prisoners."

Set 40.

152. Dead soldiers awaiting burial.

153. Dead British aviator.

154. Dead British pilot and his navigator.

155. Dead British soldiers. Bullecourt.

 

[DeathHand]

Set 41.

156A. British soldiers killed by artillery. Ypres.

156B. Same above.

157. British soldiers felled in their trench.

158. Body of a dead French soldier.

 

[DeathHand]

Set 42.

159. Group of dead French soldiers in their trench.

160. Dead French soldier.

161A. Dead German soldier (left) in trench taken over by British attackers (seen in dugout, right).

161B. Same image as above - close-up of dead German soldier.

 

[DeathHand]

"April 1918: RAF formed


The Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service were merged to form the Royal Air Force."
Set 43.

162. German gunner taken out.

163. Dead German soldiers in their trench at La Bassee.

164. Dead and charred German soldier.

165. German soldier slumped where he was shot dead.

 

[DeathHand]

Set 44.

166. German soldier after an artillery attack.

165. Not the greatest photo but another German soldier apparently blasted by artillery fire.

166. Body of a German soldier in his foxhole. His trench tool (shovel) is not packed away which might mean he was digging his foxhole when killed.

167. Lone German soldier lies dead near a trench system.

 

[DeathHand]

Set 45.

168. Two German soldiers dead on the field, probably awaiting burial.

169. Artillery barrage kills several German soldiers.

170. German soldiers lay dead in a trench.

171. The famous "Smiling dead German" photo. Result of a British artillery hit.

 

[DeathHand]

"Early Nov 1918: Hindenberg line collapsed
By the beginning of November the allies had pushed the Germans back beyond the Hindenberg line.

9 Nov 1918: Kaiser abdicated
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated.

11 Nov 1918: Armistice signed
At 11 am, in the French town of Redonthes, the Armistice was signed bringing the war to an end."

Set 46.

172. Location of dead Russian soldiers marked by rifles stuck into the ground. Riga.

173. German soldiers with gas masks on at Verdun.

174. The insanity...soldier breaks down.

175. Only the face of a dead soldier pokes out from the earth. Dead soldiers often were left unburied after being killed, only to be buried by explosions from artillery shells and then to be unearthed again by more artillery blasts.

 

[(M.G.T.)]

Set 19.

73. German soldier killed at Verdun.
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74. Remains of a German 'Storm Trooper.'
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75. Part of German convoy destroyed by artillery fire.
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76. After artillery bombardment, the dead inside St. Peter & Paul church, Belgium.
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great thread D.H. like always ..

tell me how i can make threads maybe i can bring in some good stuff, bro.

 

[MrEz]

this thread is fabulous! damn, that's some good pictures! thank you very very much! now I know what I'll be doing the next hour or two!
thx DH!

 

[MrEz]

muhammed


it's pretty easy... just click 'create thread' in the sub-forum and write whatever topic and info that fits the thread, then you upload the pictures to the site and tick the box 'show in full size' and you're set!

 

[MrEz]

now start making threads so we can see more dead people!

 

[Belladonnahaunts]

Brillaint set DH. Thank you very much!

 

[volfmann]

during world war 1 the British commissioned artists to document facial injures. found some of them, but you aren't allowed to repost them.... can't stop me from posting the links though. http://www.gilliesarchives.org.uk/McA watercolours/indexmca.html
http://www.gilliesarchives.org.uk/Tonks pastels/index.html

 

[666njdevils]

Thanks DH. Great job.

 

[DeathHand]

I don't have any info/details the following photos. I though at first they were dead German soldiers but then I noticed that the dead men are different boots and shoes. Now my best guess is that they are dead civilian men and perhaps resistance fighters that popped up Berlin at the end of the war.

But these guys look as though artillery fire or flamethrowers too them out. Either way, very clear photos from the time.

Set 47.

176.

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151.

152.

153.

 

[DeathHand]

Stats about the War.

WW1 Started on June 28, 1914

Casualties in WW1
Germany: 1,800,000
Soviet Union: 1,700,000
France: 1,385,000
Austria: 1,200,000
Great Britain: 947,000
Japan: 800,000
Romania: 750,000
Serbia: 708,000
Italy: 460,000
Turkey: 325,000
Belgium: 267,000
Greece: 230,000
USA: 137,000
Portugal: 100,000
Canada: 69,000
Bulgaria: 88,000
Montenegro: 50,000
TOTAL: 11,016,000

The total given is 'deaths' only for soldiers killed and does not include civilians, MIA's, those presumed dead and those wounded. The total number of dead changes from source to source and county to country - I'm not positive that any of them really know.

 

[Leepa_Time]

great post, thanks for sharing.