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Post by DuncaninFrance » Thu Jun 14, 2018 2:37 am

............as we approach the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice.

The Daily Telegraph, 14 June 2018
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Post by DuncaninFrance » Wed Jul 25, 2018 4:41 am

(American Freighter, 1918) Underway during her builder's trials, 25 July 1918. Constructed by the Moore Shipbuilding Company of Oakland, California,
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Post by DuncaninFrance » Thu Jul 26, 2018 5:51 am

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Post by DuncaninFrance » Fri Jul 27, 2018 1:12 pm

Australian photographer Frank Hurley's 1917 image shows 1st Australian Division troops near Ypres heading to the front line. Photo Frank Hurley/Hulton ...
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Post by Niner » Fri Jul 27, 2018 2:05 pm

Vietnam. No front line. 9th Division platoon. Mekong Delta.
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Post by Niner Delta » Sat Jul 28, 2018 5:39 pm

Well, that last one looks familiar, Robert.............. :mrgreen:

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Post by DuncaninFrance » Thu Aug 02, 2018 2:17 pm

Submarine sunk by British warship during First World War found after more than 100 years

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Post by DuncaninFrance » Wed Aug 22, 2018 4:24 am

First World War brought to life in 3D colour by Lord of the Rings director.

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Post by DuncaninFrance » Thu Sep 06, 2018 2:50 am

(Photo source - © IWM Q 1071)
Brooks, Ernest (Lieutenant) (Photographer)

An exhausted British soldier asleep in a front line trench at Thiepval, Somme. September 1916.
Possibly a soldier of the 1/4 Bt The Duke of Wellington's Regt who were part of the 49th Div. fighting here at that time.
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Post by DuncaninFrance » Wed Sep 26, 2018 3:14 am

Approaching 11/11/18, this image is from 2014.
" Historical reenactors staged a World War I battle as a million poppies rained down upon them, once again symbolizing Commonwealth casualties in the war. Held at the Tank Museum in Bovington, southern England, "
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