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World War I : 

World War I The war to end all wars

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By The Numbers

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Mobilized Dead Wounded Missing Russia 12,000,000 1,700,000 4,950,000 2,500,000 Germany 11,000,000 1,773,700 4,216,058 1,152,800 Great Britain 8,904,467 908,371 2,090,212 191,652 France 8,410,000 1,375,800 3,266,000 537,000 Austria-Hungary 7,800,000 1,200,000 3,620,000 2,200,000 Italy 5,615,000 650,000 947,000 600,000 US 4,355,000 126,000 234,300 4,526 Turkey 2,850,000 325,000 400,000 250,000 Bulgaria 1,200,000 87,500 152,390 27,029 Japan 800,000 300 907 3 Romania 750,000 335,706 120,000 80,000 Serbia 707,343 45,000 133,148 152,958 Belgium 267,000 13,716 44,686 34,659 Greece 230,000 5,000 21,000 1,000 Portugal 100,000 7,222 13,751 12,318 Montenegro 50,000 3,000 10,000 7,000

The Soldiers : 

The Soldiers

French soldiers waiting for their meal. : 

French soldiers waiting for their meal.

Trench with French soldiers : 

Trench with French soldiers

The Shell-Shattered Area of Chateau Wood, Flanders : 

The Shell-Shattered Area of Chateau Wood, Flanders

Scene in the trenches : 

Scene in the trenches

Looking out from the entrance of a captured Pill-Box on to the shell ravaged battlefield. : 

Looking out from the entrance of a captured Pill-Box on to the shell ravaged battlefield.

German POW, Spring 1918 : 

German POW, Spring 1918

Child Soldiers : 

Child Soldiers

Poison Gas : 

Poison Gas

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The three main types used were - chlorine, phosgene and mustard gas. Chlorine - a greenish, yellow heavier than air gas which in its pure form is an oxidizing agent. This means that it will react in the presence of water to cause a chemical burning effect on organic matter. Mucus tissues of the human body are susceptible to such chemical reaction because of 1) their organic nature and , 2) they are always covered with a film of water. Symptoms of chlorine gas poisoning include vomiting, difficulty in breathing, a burning sensation in the lungs, eyes, nasal and mouth passages, watery eyes. In severe cases, cell damage in the lungs leads to fluid buildup in the lungs, loss of consciousness through suffocation, and death. Phosgene - a colourless, odorless, heavier than air gas formed by heating carbon tetrachloride. It is highly poisonous in that it will preferentially replace oxygen in the cells and quickly causes an oxygen debt within the body, unconsciousness and death. Mustard gas - a caustic gas with a distinctive mustard smell, it causes blistering and huge sores on any exposed tissue, internal or external. Probably the most used gas, with phosgene, in the war. A nasty piece of business.

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Poison Gas Attacks

American soldier wearing his gas mask : 

American soldier wearing his gas mask

Gas attack seen from an airplane : 

Gas attack seen from an airplane

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Gas masks for man and horse demonstrated by American soldier

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Effects of Mustard Gas

Trench Warfare : 

Trench Warfare

British Trench Diagrams : 

British Trench Diagrams Taken from the British reference manual on Trench Warfare, British Trench Warfare 1917-1918. The manual was originally prepared by the General Staff at the British War Office

Schematic Illustration of trenches from a French magazine. : 

Schematic Illustration of trenches from a French magazine.

German trenches : 

German trenches

Soldiers of the US 332 Infantry, 83rd Division in trenches with the Italians on the Piave : 

Soldiers of the US 332 Infantry, 83rd Division in trenches with the Italians on the Piave

US 18th Infantry, 1st Division troops in front line trench, 20 Jan 1918 : 

US 18th Infantry, 1st Division troops in front line trench, 20 Jan 1918

“Hand-grenade Combat” : 

“Hand-grenade Combat”

Russians fighting while under gas attack : 

Russians fighting while under gas attack

German machine gun trench : 

German machine gun trench

Death on the Battlefield : 

Death on the Battlefield

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German remains at Verdun Dead French soldiers in the Argonne

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Death of a French regiment near Peronne

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German dead in frontline trench on the Somme, 1916 Russian soldier dead on the wire

Destruction : 

Destruction

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Mt. Grappa

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Avoncourt, France

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Rheims, France

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Shell Craters On The Battlefield

Verdun: Cloister of the Hotel de la Princerie : 

Verdun: Cloister of the Hotel de la Princerie

Village of Esnes : 

Village of Esnes

Weapons of War : 

Weapons of War

Machine Guns : 

Machine Guns

Barbed Wire : 

Barbed Wire

Flamethrowers : 

Flamethrowers

Periscope Rifle : 

Periscope Rifle

Phosphorus Grenade Exploding : 

Phosphorus Grenade Exploding

Austrian Skoda 305mm howitzer : 

Austrian Skoda 305mm howitzer

Krupp 420mm howitzer : 

Krupp 420mm howitzer

Italian artillery battery : 

Italian artillery battery

French 120mm guns : 

French 120mm guns

Krupp railroad gun : 

Krupp railroad gun

“The Paris Gun” : 

“The Paris Gun”

Advent of the Tank : 

Advent of the Tank

French Renault PT-17 tank : 

French Renault PT-17 tank

Original British tank prototype "Little Willie" : 

Original British tank prototype "Little Willie"

British Mark I tank : 

British Mark I tank

German A7V tank : 

German A7V tank

US Renault tank of C Company, 327th Tank Battalion : 

US Renault tank of C Company, 327th Tank Battalion

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'Who are they? What are they?' asked Sam shuddering, turning to Frodo, who was now behind him.   'I don't know,' said Frodo in a dreamlike voice. 'But I have seen them too. In the pools when the candles were lit. They lie in all the pools, pale faces, deep deep under the dark water. I saw them: grim faces and evil, and noble faces and sad. Many faces proud and fair and weeds in their silver hair. But all foul, all rotting, all dead. A fell light is in them.' Frodo hid his eyes in his hands. 'I know not who they are…'   "Yes, yes,' said Gollum. 'All dead, all rotten…There was a great battle long ago....‘ - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings