Casualties.

ppsh-41: The 34th Guards Rifle Regiment in Dresden, Germany.

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:35:16 -0400

The 34th Guards Rifle Regiment in Dresden, Germany.

lord-kitschener: “A Christmas Letter Home From The...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:35:08 -0400

“A Christmas Letter Home From The Trenches”

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Alternately, “Give it a few decades, and A-level lit students are going to bitch about me”

ravenrook2: Robert Capa, Photographer This is a very hard...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:35:01 -0400

ravenrook2:

Robert Capa, Photographer

This is a very hard picture to see and definitely reminds us of the horror of war. A German Sniper killed this American soldier in Leipzig, Germany on April 18th, 1945

Photo

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:34:52 -0400

heinrichss: April 1941, Heinrich Himmler and Erich Raeder...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:34:48 -0400

heinrichss:

April 1941, Heinrich Himmler and Erich Raeder (Grand Admiral of the Kriegsmarine) listening very closely to the Fuhrer’s speech.

I like Heinrich’s pose here.

historicalfirearms: British Infantry at the Battle of...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:34:44 -0400

historicalfirearms:

British Infantry at the Battle of Mons

British Infantry lying in “scrapes”; quickly dug, improvised shallow trenches, watching as German troops advance in the distance at the Battle of Mons, August 24th 1914.

At Mons, 80,000 British troops formed into two Corps faced approximately twice their number. The German advance had thus far been unstoppable, valiant Belgian efforts had slowed the advance but they had not bought the French & British enough time to properly re-deploy. As such Mons was little more than a delaying action which slowed the German right wing’s advance. By Great War Standards casualties were very light, with 1,700 British troops and nearly 5,000 Germans dying.

The battle was followed by the month-long fighting withdrawal towards Paris which culminated in the Battle of the Marne in September.

Photo

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:33:23 -0400

Volviste!

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:29:01 -0400

Ya era hora, supongo.

talesofwar: Picks and a thick line of barbed wires :...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:22:40 -0400

talesofwar:

Picks and a thick line of barbed wires : enough to discourage the most intrepid trench raiders.

talesofwar: A poilu is trying to escape from the mud. Mud was...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:22:37 -0400

talesofwar:

A poilu is trying to escape from the mud. Mud was sometimes so thick and deep, men and horses got completely stuck. Muddy holes were death traps to wounded men who froze or drawn in it. Walking small distances took several days to a single unit and any heavy equipment was litteraly impossible to move.