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During the March 1918 German offensive, some 800 British aircraft of the RAF were used at Amiens to spot, strafe, and even drop ammunition for advancing units. #ww1

German soldier sporting a goat or sheep skin coat on the the western front, 1917. Notice the pile of snowballs behind him. #ww1

#WW1 memorial to the men of Yarmouth, MA. Glad to see it’s being taken care of.

A Mascard-Dessoliers, a trench digging machine at work. These were quite rare and mostly used to form heavy fortifications quickly. #WW1

A London double-decker bus repurposed to act as a loft for carrier-pigeons: © IWM (Q 8999)

Attempts at gas masks were made for many animals during #ww1. Dogs and horses were the most common, although horses would often mistake them for feed bags and tear them apart.

#DidYouKnow facial hair was a requirement in the British Army until 1916, even though it interfered with the airtight seal of gas masks, costing many soldiers their life. #WW1

Armoured cars on reconnaissance near Biefvillers: © IWM (Q 7036)

25Aug1918: New Zealand gunners in a German emplacement pose with a captured German anti-tank rifle #WW1OnThisDay

British troops returning from leave, Mailly-Maillet, Somme. November 1916. facebook.com/ww1incolour/ph…

#onthisday in 1918, the War to End All Wars finally was finally over after 1,564 days. #WW1

Sep 18 1917 IWM (Q 2888) "Soldiers stripping bark and collecting branches for use in road-making and strengthening dug-outs, near Zillebeke" September 18 1917 by Brooks, Ernest (Lieutenant) (Photographer) Production date 1917-09-18 iwm.org.uk/collections/it…

German MG 08 anti-aircraft machine gun post set up in a shell hole. Flanders Front, September 1917

1917 Verdun (Meuse) - Photographer - Frantz Adam

Dec 17 1917 IWM (Q 6400) “A British soldier (Army Service Corps?) ‘shaking hands’ with a kitten on a snowy bank, Neulette” Another photo taken a few seconds earlier IWM (Q 6399) both originals taken by John Warwick Brooke 1917-12-17 Colourised by Doug UK iwm.org.uk/collections/it…

Painting by #FortuninoMatania showing the Canadians storm the German sugar factory stronghold at Courcelette #OTD Sep 15 1916 CWM 19870268-001 The original painting published as B&W, this image was colourized by Royston Leonard from the UK warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/…

LZ 23 flew for only 7 months of the war before being shot down over the forest of Badonviller. Her crew landed in French territory but escaped back to German lines to provide valuable reconnaissance information. #WW1

South entrance of the Quatre Cheminées cave shelter April 2018, and June 1916, Verdun. After disarmament the French army was planning to destroy the cave shelter, but the Battle of Verdun caused them to keep it as a first aid station. #WW1 #Verdun #France

American soldiers resting in a trench in the Argonne Forest, location unknown. Photograph taken on September 26th, 1918.

Today I had the honor of visiting the grave of John J. Pershing, General of the Armies and leader of the American Expeditionary Force during the First World War. His headstone sits in a small clearing, in a quiet section of the Arlington National Cemetery. #WW1 #Arlington #USArmy