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Fort de Vaux OTD Sep 19 1920

Sep 19 1920 OTD At Fort de Vaux ( Fort Vaux ), in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, Georges Chevalier takes these photos of the fortification almost two years after fighting stopped.

A 23 818, France, Verdun, L'Ossuaire provisoire

A 23 814, Fort du Douaumon Vue d'ensemble sur le fort

A 23 811, Fort du Douaumont Vue prise sur le fort aspect du sommet du fort

A 23 808, Fort de Douaumont Poste d'observation sur le fort

A 23 807,  Fort de Douaumont La coupole de 105

A 23 804, Le monument du 137e d'Infanterie Vu le plus près

Fort de Douaumont. Le monument du 137e d'Infanterie à Douaumont, A 23 802

A 23 801, Le Cimetière du ravin de la Caillette

A 23 829, Le fort de Vaux, vue prise vers le Nord-Est

A 23 828, Les environs du fort, au fond, le fort de Douaumont

A 23 827, Aspect du fort à l'ouest

A 23 826, Vue prise sur le fort vers Douaumont

A 23 824, Le Sommet du fort & les Visiteurs

A 23 823, Vue sur les fosses du fort, à droite le poste de Commandant du Ct Raynal

A 23 822, France, Fort de Vaux, La Coupole détruite par le Commandant Raynal

Fort de Vaux, France, A 23 819, Fort de Vaux, La Coupole détruite par le Commandant Raynal et le fort de Douaumont 19 septembre 1920 Source: Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

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Jan 7 1918 Royal Engineers working party coming down from the line by light railway, Ypres

IWM Q 8403

IWM Q 8404

IWM Q 8405

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New-York Tribune, Jan 6 1918

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The is a German A7V Tank ( Chassis number: 542) named Elfriede. This photo, AWM E02368, was taken on  May 26 1918 after the Elfriede was salvaged by the French at Saleux, near Villers-Bretonneux. It was abandoned by the Germans on Apr 24 1918. 

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Tank that took part in the Battle of Vimy Ridge Apr 9 1917

CWM 19930013-548

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Jun 24 1918 IwM (Q 65362) “A trench running through a building at Nervesa, Piave” https://t.co/ByjEW2vAF8 https://t.co/2GMmRJ516t http://twitter.com/ThisDayInWWI/status/1143187028902699008

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Jun 24 1918 “French troops taking coffee at the English Ladies Canteen (Cantine des Dames Anglaises) at Revigny-sur-Ornain” https://t.co/hGi1JB2kxq https://t.co/xFm7z2A5xp http://twitter.com/ThisDayInWWI/status/1010646665823309827

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Crater from one of the largest non nuclear explosions made by humans during the Battle of Messiness Ridge, 1917 [1100x617] Check this blog!

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French soldiers looking at an unexploded bomb dropped by a German plane the night before, Dieulouard, Meurthe-et-Moselle. February 1918.

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An unexploded German bomb dropped on Paris during the German Spring Offensives. The bomb was 300 kilos, 2.75m tall and is shown here at a municipal laboratory. March 1918.

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Not Ferns. German barbed wire entanglement near Arras Jun 21 1917 https://t.co/6GVMx8zwH4 https://t.co/J7BQ8P52hB http://twitter.com/ThisDayInWWI/status/877298923148255232

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Jun 22 1917 in WWI

Ballersdorf, Ballersdorf, Alsace, France, A 12 087 22 juin 1917 Source: Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Ballersdorf, Ballersdorf, Alsace, France, A 12 088 22 juin 1917 Source: Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

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Jun 22 1919 AWM E05411 “Villers-Bretonneux, France. 22 June 1919. The back and side view of a "Peerless” motor lorry, at Villers-Bretonneux. This type of automobile was much in use on the Western Front.“ https://t.co/9Ij9eQMIFD https://t.co/ZpVIoRmHM9 http://twitter.com/ThisDayInWWI/status/1142507546176970752

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Jun 22 1918 “Motor machine guns - gunners feeding a new ammunition belt into a gun. Dieval” https://t.co/zNLwyH1PKE https://t.co/I07hNPlSHA http://twitter.com/ThisDayInWWI/status/1009909645136351233

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French stretcher bearers taking a wounded soldier from an aid post near Villers-Tournelle, April 1918.

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Jun 22 1917 in WWI

IWM (Q 2549) “British troops posing with the wreckage of a German light railway engine near Peronne, 22nd June 1917. Note a humorous scribbling on the engine reading “Leave train any more for blighty” by Brooks, Ernest (Lieutenant) (Photographer)

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Jun 20 1919 France, Reims, Shelters for Refugees

Inventory number: A 16 440, A 16 433, A 16 468 Operator: Auguste Léon