Forbidden photos of World War I (19 photos)

A selection of photos of the First World War made on the battlefields and in the training camps of the United States and its allies. All of these pictures at the time censored so as not to cause defeatism among the population and not to give out the secrets of the enemy.





United States President Woodrow Wilson. A moment after the photographer took a picture of a stone, made of papier-mache, the soldiers climbed out. The picture is forbidden for the press, arguing that it could give the enemy a new method for masking.



The dark-skinned American soldiers, received flowers from French women for their help in the liberation of France. Snapshot banned.



Rare picture - the explosion of the American airship (the analog of the German zeppelin).



The soldiers drowned during training.



Secret prototype of British bombers.



Drinking after taking enemy positions US troops. The photo was censored because alcohol was officially prohibited.



Soldier gassed during the exercise.



This shot was banned for printing, so as not to divulge secrets to the enemy melee.



Sleeping soldiers are very similar to the dead, this shot also caught censorship.



Due to the lack of weapons in training sometimes used wooden mock-ups. The picture was banned for publication, to eliminate its use in enemy propaganda.



Tests old cuirasses for suitability in modern combat. Metal armor coped with the task, but to print the image is still not allowed.



Set grenades to the test. Some of them have long been used in combat, and some were new and secret development.



In early 1917, the growth of prices for bread and main products led to a wave of "bread riots" in New York. This image in print, of course, missed.



This woman is using the photos trying to convey some secrets of the German side, the encrypted message in lace apron.



US soldiers having fun with a troupe of ballet dancers. The picture was banned as too frivolous.



New Zealand soldiers are sailing through the Panama Canal. This trip was secret and was not allowed to print the image.



New guns against submarines secret development.



The grave of Quentin Roosevelt, the brother of President Theodore Roosevelt (during the presidency - 1901 - 1909). Quentin was killed in an air battle July 14, 1918.