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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 ...
1931 Splittertarnmuster (splinter pattern) first used for tents, then parachutists ' jump smocks, and finally for infantry smocks. This is a list of military clothing camouflage patterns used for battledress. Military camouflage is the use of camouflage by armed forces to protect personnel and equipment from observation by enemy forces.
documentarian. writer. YouTube personality. Indiana Neidell (born 28 September 1967) is an American-Swedish documentarian, historian, actor, voice actor, musician and YouTube personality, best known for presenting the video series, The Great War on The Great War Channel [3][4] which documented World War I in real time using modern research ...
The 369th Infantry Regiment was the first New York unit to return to the United States, and was the first unit to march up Fifth Avenue from the Washington Square Park Arch to their armory in Harlem. Their unit was placed on the permanent list with other veteran units. Soldiers of the 369th (15th N.Y.), awarded the Croix de Guerre for gallantry ...
World War I[j]or the First World War(28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflictbetween two coalitions: the Allies(or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in Europeand the Middle East, as well as in parts of Africaand the Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by trench ...
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.
During the First World War, a woman doctor falls in love with one of her patients who turns out to be a German spy. She herself ends up working for German intelligence. A, D 1937 US They Gave Him a Gun: W. S. Van Dyke: Jimmy is drafted in Fred's troop in WW1 and becomes vicious with his gun, wins a medal, then weds Fred's nurse girlfriend, Rose.
Western Front; Part of the European theatre of World War I: Clockwise from top left: Men of the Royal Irish Rifles, concentrated in the trench, right before going over the top on the First day on the Somme; British soldier carries a wounded comrade from the battlefield on the first day of the Somme; A young German soldier during the Battle of Ginchy; American infantry storming a German bunker ...