There’s a saying that there’s tired, and there’s army tired. This photo of #Canadian #soldiers in a frontline trench illustrate that old adage perfectly. Their faces are etched with the exhaustion of men in combat.

#CanadianWarMuseum

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#fww #fwwhist #GreatWar

Exhausted British soldiers in the trenches circa 1917-18.

My father knew several WWI veterans and all were crippled either from poison gas and/or PTSD. And it was all for the detestable pride of empires.
#history #wwi #ww1 #greatwar

About 25 Kilted soldiers of the First World War period, lay on the grass in front of a large tent. Rifles are stacked in teepee style.

Black Watch Territorials at Stobs camp near Hawick, before or during the Great War.

It’s likely a prewar summer camp. Although the 3rd line Bns of the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th were there for the first 4 months of 1915.

#blackwatch #milhist #territorials #ww1 #fww #hawick #stobs #greatwar #postcard

Goonhammer Historicals: 1918 Rules Review This Thursday in Historicals, Alexander Smith looks at another WWI wargame ruleset, this time Warfulcrum Games’s 1918.

See that? It's a new WW1 ruleset on the horizon! Get the low-down on Goonhammer Historicals here: www.goonhammer.com/goonhammer-h...

@goonhammer.com #goonhammer #ww1 #greatwar

A book cover featuring a painting of fishing boats at sea with mines chained to the seabed below. It is titled Swept Channels by Taffrail.

Coming from a fishing town, a great many man served during the Great War in the RNR and RNVR on minesweeping and patrol work.

This is apparently among the best accounts on this work.
It’s now at the top of the reading pile.

#ww1 #greatwar #milhist #milbooks #fww #seamines #warbooks

British army officers observe artillery fire from an observation post during the Battle of the Somme, 1916.

#history #wwi #ww1 #greatwar #somme

“Action at Night” by John Cosmo Clark, ca. 1917-18, #IWMCollection.

The artist served in the #GreatWar as a #subaltern on the Western Front. Paintings such as this give us a rare glimpse into night operations, during which it was almost impossible to
photograph the front lines. #fww #fwwhist #WWI

“In the Wake of the Advance” by Gilbert Rogers, ca. 1917, Wellcome Collection.

A stretcher team rescues a wounded #soldier under fire. Countless men owed their lives to these unarmed lifesavers. #RAMC #GreatWar #Trenches #FWW #WWI

Imperial German soldiers in the trenches ca. 1915.

#greatwar #wwi #ww1 #history

Here is another of Swiss artist Eugene Burnand’s magnificent pastel drawing from the #GreatWar. This piece depicts a #Scottish #soldier.

ca. 1917, Birmingham Museums Trust.

#fww #fwwhist #highlander #Scotland

An Austrian soldier lies dead across a line of barbed wire in the aftermath of an attack at the Piave River, Italy, ca. 1918.

#history #greatwar #wwi #ww1

Cpl G. W. Kimberley of Hampstead, UK. Drawn by Swiss artist Eugene Burnand, ca. 1917, Birmingham Museums Trust.

During the #GreatWar, the artist created a group of 104 fine art drawings of #Allied soldiers.

#fww #fwwhist #ww1 #WWI #RoyalArtillery

An Austro-Hungarian soldier huddles in a trench high in the Alps during the First World War

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Soldiers carrying a wounded man on a stretcher during the Battle of Thiepval on the Somme, France. September 1916.

📸 By Ernest Brooks.
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“Tommy – Vanquisher of the Hun” by Jose Simont, 1916, L’Illustration magazine.

I don’t know if M. Simont travelled to the front for this particular work. But he was highly respected for the combat art he created in the #GreatWar.

#combatart #ww1 #WWI #fww #fwwhist #milart

“Over the Top, Neuville-Vitasse” by Alfred Bastion, 1918, #CanadianWarMuseum.

Backlit by the breaking sunrise, troops of the 22nd Bn, (Van Doos) #CEF, begin the attack on the Western Front.

#VanDoo #fww #GreatWar #WWI #WW1 @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social

International Living History Festival 2026 - 18/04/2026 11:00:00 Tickets are now on sale for the International Living History Festival, taking place on 18–19 April 2026!

Very glad to be attending this event, at such an iconic #ww1 venue. Representing 1916 #RoyalNavalDivision #RoyalNavy #GreatWar #LivingHistory. www.royalgunpowdermills.com/Event/intern...

With bayonets fixed, British soldiers use the cover of night to lay down duck boards through no-man's-land. The Western Front, near Cambrai, 1917.

#history #wwi #ww1 #greatwar

Before Yossarian Books, politics, science, environment, travel. Whatever I feel like, really.

The First World War can still raise some tricky questions for those in power. Two novels from the time show us why. Both had a very subversive message.

Written near the 100th anniversary, this was a personal take on two of the best books to come out of the War.
#WW1 #GreatWar #History #Books

A notebook carried through the trenches of the #GreatWar had a list of names. Determined to trace these men, Mark Scott turned detective & unravelled a remarkable connection to the #UnknownWarrior, unearthing new documents telling of those not selected for burial in #WestminsterAbbey in 1920.

#WWI

This vivid drawing shows wounded American soldiers being evacuated during the last great German offensive in July 1918.

“American Wounded Make Their Way to an Aid Station During German Attack” by George Harding, 1918, #USArmy Art Collection.

See alt-text for further information. #GreatWar #AEF #WesternFront #fww #fwwhist #ww1

I was very fortunate to recently acquire a beautiful, barely-used No. 25 trench periscope. The optic is crystal clear. It’s among the nicest pieces of #GreatWar kit that I’ve ever owned. #WW1 #fww #fwwhist #telescope #trenches

"The Stretcher Bearers" by Jean-Georges Cornelius (1924).

#history #wwi #ww1 #greatwar #art

First World War British soldiers stand in front of a row of buildings, the nearest of which is damaged. In front of the building is a newly constructed wooden walkway has been built over a gap in the road. A man pushes a wheelbarrow and others look on. Most are dressed in leather jerkins and steel helmets.

A postcard of British soldiers repairing a road in front of a damaged building in France during the First World War.

Most are wearing the leather jerkins and steel helmets. Possibly a Labour corks unit.

The image dates to the 1916-18 period.

#ww1 #fww #milhist #greatwar #labour

The day job took me to NYC this week, and I had the chance to stop and say hi to Father Duffy of the AEF 165th Infantry Regiment (the former “Fighting 69th”).

Father Duffy photo source:
catalog.archives.gov/id/86701371

#worldwar #thegreatwar
#ww1 #greatwar #grandeguerra #firstworldwar

Spencer Jones ranks among my favorite lecturers on the #GreatWar. This is an absolutely masterful analysis of the II Corps defensive stand at #LeCateau in August 1914.

#fww #fwwhist

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I follow some pretty esoteric alleyways in studying the #GreatWar. Atm, I’m reading “The Heart and Soul of an Army” (1921) by Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston. This excerpt on page 271 speaks to the fallacy that supporting arms (including airpower) win wars. It’s worth repeating today. #booksky #milsky

October 24, 1917. The attack on Plezzo in a *very* German print of the time. #WW1 #FWW #WWI #greatwar #caporetto

Men of the 6th Battalion, the York and Lancaster Regiment at a Lewis gun post, on the front line near Cambrin, 6 February 1918.

#wwi #ww1 #history #greatwar

“Canadians Repairing a Track Under Shellfire” by Innes Meo, 1919, #CanadianWarMuseum.

The artist served as a subaltern on the #WesternFront in the #GreatWar. He left us this piece showing the routine labour of the trenches in combat. Of course, there was nothing routine about it. #fwwhist #CEF #BEF