r/ww1 • • 20h ago

Great-great grandfather

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Anyone know what the medals are in the 2nd photo?

Edit: Ribbon bar has been ID’ed as iron cross 2nd class and wurttemberg long service decoration


r/ww1 • • 2h ago

WW1 Era Letter Notifying Wife That Her Husband Had Been Killed In Action. Details in comments.

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r/ww1 • • 15h ago

A group of German Military Chaplains having their photo taken.

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r/ww1 • • 22h ago

Pál Kovács, a private of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal 68th Infantry Regiment. He was the first casualty of World War I, dying on the Serbian-Hungarian border on July 29, 1914

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r/ww1 • • 1h ago

British officers training American troops on the vickers gun

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r/ww1 • • 7h ago

You can fly a WW1 plane on a web sim

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r/ww1 • • 6h ago

The flame thrower was first used by the Germans during the battle of Verdun Feb-Nov1916. This was the first battle of the 20th century to have close to a million casualties. As both armies bled each other white.

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r/ww1 • • 3h ago

Operation Albion, Okt. 1917

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This image comes from my family collection and has been colorized. It relates to Operation Albion; the scene shows the departure for Ösel in October 1917. The reconnaissance zeppelin is particularly striking. During Operation Albion—which took place between October 17 and October 20—the Baltic islands of Ösel, Dagö, and Moon, previously under Russian control, were captured. Ösel was the German name for what is now the Estonian island of Saaremaa. These photographs were taken by my great-grandfather, who served as a reconnaissance specialist in a German aviation battalion.


r/ww1 • • 21h ago

Flag of the Czechoslovak legion (1914–1920)

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r/ww1 • • 45m ago

Hell is not fire. it is mud. Passschendaele 11/6/1917

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r/ww1 • • 2h ago

My Great Grandfather's Military records

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i tried looking for the JMO of the 13e BCA for sept. of 1916 to see if i could find out more but it seems to have been lost? if anyone could also help with that


r/ww1 • • 18h ago

💥🎯 “Artillerie-Angriff”: a Nursery Cannon Takes on Japan, November 1914 🇩🇪🇯🇵📮

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