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Posted: 12/15/2022 4:51:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/15/2022 5:14:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Pegahmagabow Saving the thread from the archive.  SABATON - A Ghost in the Trenches (Official Lyric Video)  A Ghost in the Trenches – Francis Pegahmagabow – Sabaton History 018 [Official] |
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Posted: 12/17/2022 12:33:58 PM EDT
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 Scrapping of German artillery from the First World War, 1922 |
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Posted: 12/22/2022 8:42:42 PM EDT
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 1914-1915 Boirault “Anti-Barbed-Wire” Machine |
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Posted: 12/22/2022 10:17:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Whamo: Just a today in history post. This single day from 108 years ago massively changed the world. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRU5U4XW4AEyDRT.jpg The next time someone scoffs at .380 ACP, they should remember ol' Franz and Sophie. |
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Posted: 12/23/2022 12:08:21 PM EDT
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This is just a reminder that "They Shall Not Grow Old" is probably the best WWI documentary ever made and anyone who reads this reply should watch it.
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Posted: 12/23/2022 2:39:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CenterMass762: This is just a reminder that "They Shall Not Grow Old" is probably the best WWI documentary ever made and anyone who reads this reply should watch it. Okay, okay, I promise. |
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Posted: 12/23/2022 3:16:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CenterMass762: This is just a reminder that "They Shall Not Grow Old" is probably the best WWI documentary ever made and anyone who reads this reply should watch it.  Mademoiselle from Armentières with lyrics (hinky dinky parlez vous) |
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Posted: 12/24/2022 11:34:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By Colt653: Originally Posted By CenterMass762: This is just a reminder that "They Shall Not Grow Old" is probably the best WWI documentary ever made and anyone who reads this reply should watch it.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtiynnETOlMThat song was stuck in my head for a month after watching the documentary. 
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Posted: 1/8/2023 7:59:29 PM EDT
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 The German U-boat U-35 cruising in the Mediterranean, April 1917 SM U-35 was a German U 31-class U-boat which operated in the Mediterranean Sea during World War I. It ended up being the most successful U-boat participating in the war, sinking 220 merchant ships for a total of 505,121 gross register tons (GRT). Her longest serving captain was Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière. Under his command, U-35 sank 191 ships, making him the most successful submarine commander in history.  |
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Posted: 1/9/2023 10:55:35 AM EDT
[Last Edit: BayEagle]
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 Gallipoli |
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Posted: 1/9/2023 7:10:09 PM EDT
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Great pics!!!
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Posted: 1/9/2023 8:11:16 PM EDT
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Wow! Seen pics in this thread I have never seen before! Thanks.
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Posted: 1/10/2023 5:11:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mick214]
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I just came across photos of my grandfather who was either in WW-I and/or part of the US Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa. I don't see any rank or other patches on his uniform. In the second photo there is an emblem of some sort on his campaign hat. I am trying to find the album these came from to see it there is anything written on the backs of the individual pics. If there are knowledgeable folks here that can shed some light on these, it would be greatly appreciated!
  ETA1: My dad told me that these photos were most likely taken in Arizona (Possibly before he shipped out?), if that helps any.... ETA2: Additional pic from a book on my dad’s family history. It appears that my grandfather was in the 7th Cavalry during WW-I. The 7th was also part of the Mexico Punitive Expedition, so there is the possibility of him being a part of that. My grandfather later served in WW-II in the Navy.  |
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Posted: 1/31/2023 5:38:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/14/2023 3:37:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistorySpeaking of balloons, and since balloons are in the news, and since it is February 14, it is a strange coincidence that I reached into a box of family memorabilia today and pulled out a letter dated February 14, 1918 from a friend in the 2nd Balloon Battalion, AEF, to my grandmother. 104 years ago. Sorry, no pic. I will transcribe the germane part: (Note: "Went West" was the WWI equivalent of "Bought the Farm.") "Got some bad news last night. The first one of the bunch I came over with went West. Leo was killed about two weeks ago. He was up with a French Lieutenant and Fritz set their balloon on fire with a rocket from an aeroplane. They jumped clear and their parachutes opened perfectly and the dirty hound in the Bosche plane turned his machine guns loose on their parachutes. He missed the French observer and filled Leo full of holes...He married just before we left New York. So it makes me feel rather low. But "C'est le guerre," as our French friends say." |
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Posted: 2/17/2023 9:20:28 AM EDT
[Last Edit: BayEagle]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By LibertyShip: Speaking of balloons, and since balloons are in the news, and since it is February 14, it is a strange coincidence that I reached into a box of family memorabilia today and pulled out a letter dated February 14, 1918 from a friend in the 2nd Balloon Battalion, AEF, to my grandmother. 104 years ago. Sorry, no pic. I will transcribe the germane part: (Note: "Went West" was the WWI equivalent of "Bought the Farm.") "Got some bad news last night. The first one of the bunch I came over with went West. Leo was killed about two weeks ago. He was up with a French Lieutenant and Fritz set their balloon on fire with a rocket from an aeroplane. They jumped clear and their parachutes opened perfectly and the dirty hound in the Bosche plane turned his machine guns loose on their parachutes. He missed the French observer and filled Leo full of holes...He married just before we left New York. So it makes me feel rather low. But "C'est le guerre," as our French friends say." Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By LibertyShip: Speaking of balloons, and since balloons are in the news, and since it is February 14, it is a strange coincidence that I reached into a box of family memorabilia today and pulled out a letter dated February 14, 1918 from a friend in the 2nd Balloon Battalion, AEF, to my grandmother. 104 years ago. Sorry, no pic. I will transcribe the germane part: (Note: "Went West" was the WWI equivalent of "Bought the Farm.") "Got some bad news last night. The first one of the bunch I came over with went West. Leo was killed about two weeks ago. He was up with a French Lieutenant and Fritz set their balloon on fire with a rocket from an aeroplane. They jumped clear and their parachutes opened perfectly and the dirty hound in the Bosche plane turned his machine guns loose on their parachutes. He missed the French observer and filled Leo full of holes...He married just before we left New York. So it makes me feel rather low. But "C'est le guerre," as our French friends say." Also, what gun is this?  |
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Posted: 2/17/2023 9:25:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BayEagle: Damn, so much for that 'knights of the air' chivalry. Also, what gun is this? https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/napavalleyregister.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/03/50363618-2140-57fd-a5a6-e35356943280/5bc131545b1e3.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C757 Chauchat |
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Posted: 2/17/2023 9:26:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BayEagle: Damn, so much for that 'knights of the air' chivalry. Also, what gun is this? https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/napavalleyregister.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/03/50363618-2140-57fd-a5a6-e35356943280/5bc131545b1e3.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C757 |
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Posted: 2/17/2023 9:32:17 AM EDT
[Last Edit: GunwriterGrant]
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My great grandfather was a cartographer, and he somehow ended up with the final Order of Battle map of WW1 for the Western front.
My grandfather found it in a shoebox folded up tight as hell, and his wife "fixed" it with tape. Only other copy I could find was unissued in the library of congress, but the first couple of guys who I've shown it too said it was worth nothing, but they'd give me $100 for it.   I actually want to either sell or loan it to a museum, because I want others to see and enjoy it. Anyone know a guy? lol |
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Posted: 2/17/2023 2:58:34 PM EDT
[Last Edit: LibertyShip]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GunwriterGrant: My great grandfather was a cartographer, and he somehow ended up with the final Order of Battle map of WW1 for the Western front. My grandfather found it in a shoebox folded up tight as hell, and his wife "fixed" it with tape. Only other copy I could find was unissued in the library of congress, but the first couple of guys who I've shown it too said it was worth nothing, but they'd give me $100 for it. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/835188447991824414/1076133316903829585/20230217_082913.jpg I actually want to either sell or loan it to a museum, because I want others to see and enjoy it. Anyone know a guy? lol Very cool. But I see that it is a Classified Document, marked "Secret." I'm sure the FBI will be by soon to pick it up and look for more! Seriously, check with the Infantry Museum at Benning. A few years ago they amped up their WWI collection: https://www.army.mil/article/203779/wwi_history_comes_to_life_at_fort_benning_museum |
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Posted: 2/27/2023 1:00:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GunwriterGrant: My great grandfather was a cartographer, and he somehow ended up with the final Order of Battle map of WW1 for the Western front. My grandfather found it in a shoebox folded up tight as hell, and his wife "fixed" it with tape. Only other copy I could find was unissued in the library of congress, but the first couple of guys who I've shown it too said it was worth nothing, but they'd give me $100 for it. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/835188447991824414/1076133316903829585/20230217_082913.jpg I actually want to either sell or loan it to a museum, because I want others to see and enjoy it. Anyone know a guy? lol National World War One Museum Kansas City |
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Posted: 3/13/2023 10:31:10 AM EDT
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bump
from my iphone to keep this from archiving |
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Posted: 3/13/2023 10:54:43 AM EDT
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Oldest Austrian soldier of WW1, September 1917 "The 79-year-old Oberjager Gaspar Wallnofer, who fought under Marshal Radetzky against Italy in 1848/49 at the age of 10 and won silver medal, fought again against Italy in 1866 and won gold medal for bravery at 2nd Battle of Custoza for capturing Italian gun."
 Attached FileVeteran of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) and WWI (1914-18) attends a rally in 1936, readies himself with a Gewehr 98 for his third war against the French  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/13/2023 2:26:29 PM EDT
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Cool hat.
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Posted: 3/27/2023 10:22:45 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/27/2023 10:34:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: German POW's in Japan in 1917 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/German_prisoners_of_war_in_Japan_circa_1-2760498.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/German_prisoners_of_war_in_Japan_circa_1-2760499.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/German_prisoners_of_war_in_Japan_circa_1-2760503.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/German_prisoners_of_war_in_Japan_circa_1-2760509.JPG Those Germans actually look well taken care of. Japanese culture went sideways between the wars, that's for sure. |
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Posted: 4/14/2023 10:18:27 PM EDT
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A chaplain in one of the military services creates a make-shift pulpit to conduct a Sunday Church Parade at an unknown airfield in France just behind the front line in 1916
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Posted: 5/12/2023 6:50:50 PM EDT
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 British flamethrower infantry, WW1 |
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Posted: 5/15/2023 12:46:31 PM EDT
[Last Edit: BayEagle]
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Posted: 5/17/2023 7:25:03 PM EDT
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ANZAC troops training in Egypt before the Gallipoli landings, 1914.
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Posted: 5/28/2023 1:36:17 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 4xGM300m]
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 Cemetary emplacement near Halie? March 1917 |
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Posted: 6/23/2023 5:47:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/29/2023 3:37:07 PM EDT
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Bump from a chump.
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Posted: 6/29/2023 10:26:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By David0858: I've seen several posts with the Renault tank in them. There's a restored, running one right down the road from me at The Museum of the American GI in College St, TX. They actually run it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EEFX-FNBx8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTbLEDYV4Zg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o58VAEQuS0Howdy neighbor |
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Posted: 6/29/2023 10:27:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By efxguy: Bump from a chump. Incredible thread, thanks for bumping |
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Posted: 6/30/2023 7:58:21 AM EDT
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@elcope
Is there a way to toggle this thread so it doesn't fall into the archives,....like my similar Korean War thread did ? 
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Posted: 6/30/2023 11:44:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Colt653: @elcope Is there a way to toggle this thread so it doesn't fall into the archives,....like my similar Korean War thread did ? https://nationalinterest.org/sites/default/files/styles/desktop__1260_/public/main_images/Lewis%20gun%20wikimedia.jpg?itok=tQz3Tymc Yes, there is. |
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Posted: 7/1/2023 10:34:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By elcope: Yes, there is. @elcope  
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Posted: 7/1/2023 2:57:59 PM EDT
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I did, it's un-archived.
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Posted: 7/1/2023 3:12:11 PM EDT
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My maternal grandfather about to ship out for Europe in 1917.
 Well, grandmother, too. |
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Posted: 7/1/2023 4:29:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By elcope: I did, it's un-archived. Thanks 
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Posted: 7/1/2023 4:37:27 PM EDT
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The Battle of the Somme
Began 107 years ago today.     
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Posted: 7/1/2023 6:50:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryWhat's on the helmet of the guy on the 2nd from right? Corinthian or Roman helmet plume vibes. |
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Posted: 7/1/2023 7:59:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZgunner: The Battle of the Somme Began 107 years ago today. https://assets.editorial.aetnd.com/uploads/2009/11/battle-of-the-somme-gettyimages-50615151.jpg https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/182AB/production/_90178989_gettyimages-3246467.jpg https://images.theconversation.com/files/127591/original/image-20160621-13002-13s5hr2.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=1200&h=1200.0&fit=crop https://historyuk.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2022-07/shutterstock_785840170-min.jpg https://www.worldbook.com/images/pc371882_article.jpg |
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Posted: 7/1/2023 8:05:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Wobblin-Goblin]
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Quote HistoryI doubt that's legit. That cannon must be at least 400lbs, probably more. |
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Posted: 7/2/2023 12:25:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Wobblin-Goblin: I doubt that's legit. That cannon must be at least 400lbs, probably more. There were a fair few light artillery pieces at the time. Three or so dudes would carry that in pieces all the way up the mountain and then every one thereafter might bring two rounds for it. Don't ever underestimate the ability of real first world war history to look like some sick fictional steampunk apocalypse. |
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Posted: 7/2/2023 10:34:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WinstonSmith: There were a fair few light artillery pieces at the time. Three or so dudes would carry that in pieces all the way up the mountain and then every one thereafter might bring two rounds for it. Don't ever underestimate the ability of real first world war history to look like some sick fictional steampunk apocalypse. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WinstonSmith: Originally Posted By Wobblin-Goblin: I doubt that's legit. That cannon must be at least 400lbs, probably more. There were a fair few light artillery pieces at the time. Three or so dudes would carry that in pieces all the way up the mountain and then every one thereafter might bring two rounds for it. Don't ever underestimate the ability of real first world war history to look like some sick fictional steampunk apocalypse. I think they used pack mules too. Block and tackle as well. I enjoy the rabbit holes in these threads.      Easter Eggs Link to most of these pics with descriptions. |
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Posted: 7/7/2023 5:57:18 PM EDT
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 Splendid footage of the Dutch Army during WW1 in 1917 in color! Part-1 [A.I. enhanced & colorized] |
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