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The British Army used a variety of standardized battle uniforms and weapons during World War I. According to the British official historian Brigadier James E. Edmonds writing in 1925, " The British Army of 1914 was the best trained best equipped and best organized British Army ever sent to war". [ 1 ] The value of drab clothing was quickly ...
The Adrian helmet (French: Casque Adrian) was an influential design of combat helmet originally produced for the French Army during World War I.Its original version, the M15, was the first standard helmet of the French Army and was designed when millions of French troops were engaged in trench warfare, and head wounds from the falling shrapnel generated by indirect fire became a frequent cause ...
Channel One News was an American news content provider. The daily news program was accompanied by commercial advertising for marketing in schools , with supplementary educational resources. The Peabody award-winning Channel One News program was broadcast mainly to minors, advertising a way for young teens to understand happenings worldwide.
Shoulder sleeve insignia were often designed with intricate designs including bright colors, when created. Because these bright colors and designs risk standing out when a soldier is in combat or in hiding, the shoulder sleeve insignia in its color form was commonly only worn on the dress uniform or service uniform when a soldier was not in combat.
A squadron from the 1st Life Guards, August 1914; possibly attached to the Household Cavalry Composite Regiment, as the Life Guards did not leave for France until September. The British cavalry were the first British Army units to see action during the First World War. Captain Hornby of the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards is reputed to have ...
Asia-Pacific theatre (1914–1919) Toggle Asia-Pacific theatre (1914–1919) subsection. Central Asian revolt of 1916. Basmachi movement (1916-1918 (as part of WW1)-1934) Naval engagements (1914–1918) Toggle Naval engagements (1914–1918) subsection. Other military engagements. Air engagements. Co-belligerent conflicts.
Bicorne. Early bicorne from France, c. 1790. The bicorne or bicorn (two-cornered) is a historical form of hat widely adopted in the 1790s as an item of uniform by European and American army and naval officers. Most generals and staff officers of the Napoleonic period wore bicornes, which survived as widely-worn full-dress headdress until the ...
The United States declared war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917, nearly three years after World War I started. A ceasefire and armistice were declared on November 11, 1918. Before entering the war, the U.S. had remained neutral, though it had been an important supplier to the United Kingdom, France, and the other powers of the Allies of ...