Photos WW1 Germany and Their Allies

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A young Jäger from Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 22 (50th Reserve Division) in his garrison town of Goslar, 1915

 

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A German soldier of a Bavarian bicycle company with folding bike on his back, 1915

 

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A7V clattering along somewhere in France, 1918

 

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An Austro-Hungarian sentry in a trench on the Piave Front, 15 September 1918.

 

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German dugouts, sandbagged positions at The Bluff, Ypres Salient c.1916-17.

 

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German invention by Julius Neubronner for WW1 - pigeon mounted camera. In theory, the wind-up device took a series of photos in flight. No surprise that it didn't see wide use.

Julius Neubronner and his flying photographers - Google Arts & Culture

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Austro-Hungarian soldiers in a trench running straight through a cemetery in Skala on the Zbrucz River, 1917. Note that the soldier on the left is armed with a Mannlicher M.1893, originally produced by Steyr for the Romanian Army.

 

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Austro-Hungarian and German soldiers struggle to free a couple of horses stuck in the thick mud during the Rasputitsa (the Russian thaw), Spring 1917.

 

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An Austro-Hungarian sentry in a trench in a field in Galicia on the Eastern Front, 25 September 1917.

 

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Two cavalry officers, an Austro-Hungarian (right) and a German (left), converse after a successful counterattack near Snjatin in Galicia, following the failed Russian Kerensky Offensive, 29 July 1917.

 

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A German soldier of the Jäger Regiment No.3 watch from a trench on Mt. Koman (Komanova) in the Carpathians, as three Russian soldiers are freely moving around in front of their trenches during the peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk, Winter 1917/18.

 

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Aerial photo of an Austro-Hungarian advance in Eastern Galicia, Summer 1917. The photo was taken by an Austro-Hungarian pilot.

 

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Austro-Hungarian Škoda 30.5cm heavy mortar

 

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Captured Mark IV tank "Fritz" advances towards its former owners in support of the German spring offensive in 1918

 

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Flanders, Belgium, Late 1915: German infantry with gas masks

 

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Delousing of Austro-Hungarian soldiers and their uniforms on the Eastern Front, 1914.

Austro-Hungarian infantrymen on patrol in the Carpathians near the Uszok Pass, February 1915.

 

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Legionnaires of the 2nd Brigade of the Austro-Hungarian Polish Legions bury the frozen corpses of their comrades who fell in the night battle at Rafajłowa (23-24 Jan. 1915) during the Carpathian Winter War. Here, the Austro-Hungarians suffered some 800,000 casualties in 3 months.

An Austro-Hungarian soldier (of the older type) keep watch from a trench while enjoying his meal. His age and the Mannlicher M.1888/90 could indicate that he belongs to a Landsturm unit

 

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German infantrymen in action on the Eastern Front, 1915.

 

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German Infantry (wearing the spiked helmets, the Pickelhaube) in battle order and concealed in a wood, awaiting the order to advance. 14 November 1914

 

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For lack of an appropriate thread, I'm putting these photo's here

Photos from the 1919 Spartakusbund Uprising (5th of January - 12th of January) and the Blutmärz (Bloody March, 3rd of March - 16th of March) in Berlin