Photos WW1 Japanese, Italian and Allied Forces

A couple of soldiers from the Italian Rifle Battalion, carrying their bicycles on their backs as they walk up a hill, c. 1915
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Exhausted men and dogs of a Belgian machine gun section resting by the roadside in Louvain, during their retreat to Antwerp, 20 August 1914.
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Siamese (Thai) soldiers on their way to the front line, August 1918
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Italian manned torpedoes were used in WW1.

The sole remaining manned torpedo is displayed in a Rome museum.
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Seen here is the battleship Jugoslavia shortly before it completely sank with loss of over 300 crew, including an admiral who was crushed by a falling mast. Nov. 1, 1918. It had just been transferred to Serbia who was Italy's enemy at the time.
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Wikipedia article says the ship was sunk by a mine - another article claims it was a motorized torpedo that was manually attached to the ship. Believe what you like. A ship moored aear the Jugoslavia was also sunk by the explosion.

 
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Italians hoisting men and equipment to mountain heights above the Isonzo in the early days of that long and costly battle. Given the extreme cold and lack of rations, I feel sorry for the dog. 1915
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