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You just don't see trench scenes like this with ANY other army than the Austro-Hungarian – Here's a look at a paved trench of Honvéd Infantry Regiment No.309 near Sosnow, 1915. #WWI #WW1 #FWW #GreatWar #History #MilitaryHistory #Honved pic.twitter.com/5WlVqZ0zLt — Pike Grey 1914-1918 (@PikeGrey1418) May 30, 2019 RT @PikeGrey1418: You just don’t see trench scenes […]
The ruins of Haumont-près-Samogneux, on the Verdun battlefield. A village since Roman times in the 2nd century CE, Haumont was erased off the map in 1916. It is one of the nine villages declared “mort pour la France.” #greatwar #historypodcast #firstworldwar #verdun1916 pic.twitter.com/CAB88Twej8 — Battles of the First World War Podcast (@WW1podcast) May 30, 2019 […]
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Langemarck German Cemetery just outside Ypres in the sunshine this afternoon. There are an incredible 44,000 burials here; well over three times more than the largest British & Commonwealth military cemetery at Tyne Cot. #WW1 pic.twitter.com/JV7cVXBdXQ — Dan Hill (@DanHillHistory) May 16, 2019 RT @DanHillHistory: Langemarck German Cemetery just outside Ypres in the sunshine this […]
Been great to be out guiding on the Somme today. Started off with a visit to the Lochnagar mine crater at La Boiselle. We talk about it a lot, but this must have been one hell of a bang! Never fails to impress. #WW1 pic.twitter.com/i2IJoF59ty — Dan Hill (@DanHillHistory) May 17, 2019 RT @DanHillHistory: Been […]
WW1 body armor: An Austro-Hungarian soldier demonstrating a so-called "Schutzschild", 1915. Information about these is incredibly scarce, and as far as I know non have survived the war.#WW1 #WWI #FWW #GreatWar #History #MilitaryHistory #Armor #BodyArmor pic.twitter.com/OKZaJXBthN — Pike Grey 1914-1918 (@PikeGrey1418) May 16, 2019 RT @PikeGrey1418: WW1 body armor: An Austro-Hungarian soldier demonstrating a so-called […]
Austro-Hungarian 'Sturmtruppen' armed with hand grenades and spring clubs. These clubs consisted of a metal ball conected to a handle by a flexible coil spring. Note the axe carried by the guy standing on the right#WW1 #WWI #FWW #GreatWar #History #MilitaryHistory #Sturmtruppen pic.twitter.com/dIdmIPrr66 — Pike Grey 1914-1918 (@PikeGrey1418) May 16, 2019 RT @PikeGrey1418: Austro-Hungarian ‘Sturmtruppen’ […]
Palace, Manchester on the eve of #WW1 Can't walk by today without imagining it packed during @WW1TheGreatWar when, dressed as a 'Tommy', 'Britain's greatest recruiting officer' Vesta Tilley (born 13.5.1864) would entice lads to join her on stage and sign up.@TheHistoryPress pic.twitter.com/SWAaE9gKCE — Roger Foss (@fossroger) May 13, 2019 RT @fossroger: Palace, Manchester on the […]
15. 5.19. 100 years. The body of Edith Cavell is taken by rail from Dover to London for a state funeral at Westminster Abbey before onward transit to Norwich for burial. The goods van which carried her coffin would later carry those of Charles Fryatt and the Unknown Warrior. pic.twitter.com/yHQ8sk691B — Tom Morgan (@Tomm1418) May […]