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8/11
Portrait of Aboriginal Private Harold Arthur Cowan from NSW, Australia, who served with the 6th Light Horse Regiment.
Original image source: Australian War Memorial
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7/11
A portrait of two Italian prisoners of war captured by the Austrian army, in Dornberk, Slovenia, 1916.
Original image source: Austrian National Library
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6/11
Portrait of a German soldier in a prisoner of war camp. July 1917.
Original image source: Canadian Library and Archives
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5/11
Portrait of a Canadian nurse in France, taken December 1917.
Original image source: Canadian Library and Archives
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4/11
Portrait of a young refugee from Évian, France. Picture taken circa 1915.
Original image source: Bibliotheque nationale de France
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3/11
Portrait of French soldier Henri Pelissier, taken 1917.
Original image source: Bibliotheque nationale de France
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2/11
Portrait of African-American soldier, Eugene Jones, in front of the stars and stripes.
Original image source: Library of Congress
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A Canadian prisoner of war who was captured for nine months.
Original image source: Canadian Library and Archives
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A Canadian soldier demonstrates a German gas mask found in Lens. September, 1917.
Original image source: Library and Archives Canada
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11/11
Portrait of R. Knight, of the Canadian Army Medical Corp, in a hospital bed.
Original image source: Canadian Library and Archives
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10/11
Portrait of Private Hector Millar, Canadian War Records Office.
Original image source: Canadian Library and Archives
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9/11
Portrait of a woman on the home front working in a factory in Lancashire, UK. September, 1918.
Original image source: Nationaal Archief
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“Wear a mask or go to jail” , California, 1918.
People stand together while wearing masks in an effort to protect themselves from the Spanish Flu. The 1918 Spanish flu killed up to 50 million people around the world and has been called “the mother of all pandemics”.
Returning german prisonners of war from France in 1920.
As you can see, on the jacket of the right soldier there are 2 letters “PG” wich mean “Prisonnier de Guerre” (Prisoner of War)
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Prisonniers allemands retournant en Allemagne. 1920.
Vous pouvez voir sur la veste du soldat allemand de droite, les 2 lettres “PG” qui signifient “Prisonniers de Guerre”.
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August von Mackensen. “The Last Hussar”
(December 6th, 1849 - November 8th, 1945)
He started his service in 1869 as a volunteer with the Prussian 2nd Life Hussars Regiment and after he become Generalfeldmarschall .
He impressed the kaiser who ordered that from 17 June 1893 Mackensen command the 1st Life Hussars Regiment
He received the medal Blue Max “Pour Le Mérite” and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross.
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August Von Mackensen. “Le Dernier Hussard”
(6 décembre 1849 - 8 novembre 1945)
Il a commencé son service en 1869 en tant que volontaire hussard, en passant les grades au fil de sa carrière il est ensuite devenu Generalfeldmarschall.
Il a impressionné le Kaiser et celui ci a ordonné le 17 juin 1893 que Mackensen recevra le commandement du 1er régiment de hussards de la Garde.
Il a reçu la médaille “Pour Le Mérite” et l'étoile de grand croix de la croix de fer.
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The Red Baron, Manfred Von Richtofen.
(May 6th, 1892 - April 21th, 1918)
Von Richtofen was one of the most famous German fighter pilot in the world during the World War One, he had officially 80 victories.
Originally a cavalryman, Richthofen transferred to the Air Service in 1915, becoming one of the first members of Jasta 2 in 1916.
He received the blue max “Pour Le Mérite”.
Richthofen received a fatal wound just after 11:00 am on 21 April 1918, while flying over Morlancourt Ridge, near the Somme River.
Controversy and contradictory hypotheses continue to surround the identity of the person who fired the shot that actually killed Richthofen.
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Le Baron Rouge, Manfred Von Richtofen.
(6 Mai 1892 - 21 Avril 1918)
Von Richtofen était l'un des pilote allemand les plus connus dans le monde durant la Première Guerre mondiale. Il a officiellement 80 victoires.
A l'origine officier de cavalerie, il a été transféré dans les forces aériennes en 1915, devenant l'un des premiers membre de la Jasta 2 en 1916.
Il a vite fait ses preuves et a reçu la fameuse décoration Blue Max “Pour Le Mérite”.
Richtofen a reçu un tir fatal juste après 11h00 du matin le 21 avril 1918, alors qu'il volait aux environs de Morlancourt, près de la rivière de la Somme.
Sa mort est toujours controversé et il y'a toujours des hypothèses sur l'identité du soldat/pilote qui a tué Richtofen.
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