The first global conflict

We continue to acquaint you with archival images taken during the First World War. Subjects following material is focused on to show how all-encompassing came out this military conflict.

French Indochina colonial troops landed in Saint-Raphael, Frejus, France.





German cruiser squadron triumphantly leaves the port of Valparaiso, Chile.



Russian prisoners of war.



Cameroonian soldiers as part of the West African military campaign in Germany.



The Germans used gun ship «SMS Konigsberg» for guerrilla war against the Allies in East Africa.



Moroccan cavalry spas in France, in 1918.



Japanese gunners fired at the Chinese city of Qingdao. Adjustment on the phone, 1914.



Ruined Russian railway bridge near Riga, the German engineers have turned into a bridge for the infantry.



Mobilization in St. Petersburg, Russia.



Allied camp at Gallipoli was short-lived. After losing more than 50 thousand soldiers, the Ottoman Empire ousted allies.





One of the few night photos of the First World War. Shelling and flares.



Australian soldier is wounded comrade to a hospital near the Dardanelles Strait.



Evacuation of the allied troops at Gallipoli.



Russian Cossacks on horseback, 1915.



Russian army attacked the Germans defensive redoubts.



British troops in China form of workers. In total, the military conflict involving more than 320,000 Chinese.



Tomorrow we go back to the topic of internationality of the largest military conflict a century ago.

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