Pictures & Photos of World War 1
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Joint Resolution War Declaration | United States 65th Congress Declares War 1917
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| Pictured is a copy of the official declaration of War signed by the speaker of the House, President of Senate and President Woodrow Wilson |
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Wilson Declares War | World War 1 U.S. President Wilson Declares War 1917
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| Pictured is president Woodrow Wilson after signing a joint resolution with Congress to declare war on Germany. This act officially entered a "semi" nuetral United States into World War 1…forever changing US overseas policy. |
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United States Declares War | War With Germany World War 1 Picture 1917
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| Newspaper clipping from the New York American (and just above) the New York Times about the United States decision to enter into World War 1 on April 6th 1917 |
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War is Declared By United States in World War 1 | New York Journal 1917
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| Newspaper clipping from the New York Journal about the United States decision to enter into World War 1 on April 6th 1917 |
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War is Eminent | United States Prepares for World War 1 1917
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| President Wilson warns that loss of American life will not be tolerated |
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United States War Rally Picture | World War 1 USA War Rally New York 1917
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| This war preparedness parade was held in New York. The idea of entering the Great War was almost inevitable as US merchant ships continue to be attacked by Germans. |
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United States Political Cartoon | World War 1 United States Cartoon 1917
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| Throughout most of The Great War the USA remained "out of the war" while supplying the Allies with ammunition & food behind the scenes. |
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World War 1 Execution Picture | Spy Execution | Italian Spy is Caught 1917
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| Being able to blend into a crowd is a key skill spies have to learn and maintain. This Italian spy was found and executed by the Austrians |
Picture taken in Ukraine
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Battle of Lemberg World War 1 | Russia v Austria | Allies Win Lemberg 1914
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| The Russians & Allies gain their first major vicotory by defeating the Austria-Hungary Army in Lemberg, Galicia (modern day Ukraine). 130,000 priosoners were taken by the Russian Army. |
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Kemal Pasha Rise to Power | Kemal Pasha Turkish Power Grab 1933
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| Kemal Pasha, Turkey's new leader |
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British Land in Gallipoli | Gallipoli & The River Clyde | British Land 1915
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| British supply base at Gallipoli is pictured under fire from Turkish Artillery. The boat is the famous troop ship River Clyde |
Picture taken in Turkey
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Turkish Fort at Gallipoli | World War 1 Gallipoli Fort Seddul Bahr 1915
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| Seddul Bahr was an important Turkish stronghold that guarded the Dardanelles Strait and the shore of the Peninsula of Gallipoli. British troops seized this fort at Seddul Bahr in 1915 during the battle of Gallipoli. |
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Australian Sydney WWI | Australian Cruiser Ship Sydney Fires on Germans 1914
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| The Emden was a German light cruiser during WWI. The Emden raided Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean early in the war. The Emden was run aground by her captain to prevent her from sinking after engaging in battle with the more powerful HMAS |
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Bulgaria World War 1 | Bulgarians Fight During The Great War in Serbia 1916
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| A Bulgarian Infantry Regiment part of the Great War's "Central Powers" is pictured on a hillside attacking Monastir in Serbia |
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Serbian Soldiers World War 1 | Serbian Soldiers Nap After Battle 1915
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| Serbian soldiers take a quick nap in the desolate trenches during World War I. To say they are exhausted would be an understatement |
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World War I Artillery Cannon Picture | Austrian Artillery Cannon 1915
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| Pictured is an Austrian Artillery cannon left in a desserted village in Serbia during World War I. |
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King Peter of Serbia World War 1 | King Peter Retreats in Battle 1915
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| King Peter of Serbia is photographed with a look of defeat as he watches the retreat of his Army. Serbia's was epically defeated towards the close of 1915 during World War 1 at the hands of combined Austro-Hungarian, German and Bulgarian forces |
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Stalins Rise to Power Picture | Joseph Staline Makes Power Grab 1933
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| Joseph Stalin was the second leader of the Soviet Union and is pictured in front of communist supporters. |
Picture taken in Russia (Federation)
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Famine Picture | Post War Famine in Russia | Post World War 1 Famine 1918
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| Famine was widespread but was especially bad in Russia, Germany & France |
Picture taken in Russia (Federation)
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Romanov Execution Picture | Czar Nicholas Romanov of Russia Executed 1918
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| The room in the palace at Ekaterinburg in which the Tsar and his entire family were executed. The communist regime of Lenin had held the Romanov family as prisoners before they were eventually ordered executed. |
Picture taken in Russia (Federation)
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Russian Revolutionists | World War 1 Communist Russian Revolutionists 1918
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| These are the type of revolutionary soldiers that made up the Russian Revolutionists….later would come communism |
Picture taken in Russia (Federation)
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Russian Revolution Picture | Petrograd World War 1 Russian Revolution 1917
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| Russia did not have time for a revolution against the current Russian Czar and empire as they were fighting the Germans on the Eastern Front. Pictured, machine guns kill Russian Revolutionists during the PetrogradFebruary Revolution |
Picture taken in Russia (Federation)
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Red Flag Russia Picture | Russian Red Flag of Communism World War 1
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| The Red Flag of Russia is unfurled in the Red Square of Moscow |
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Russian Women World War 1 | Russian Women Battalion of Death Picture 1917
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| These women were given the opportunity to serve their Country of Russia during World War 1. They were part of the Russian Battalion of death which enlisted over 2,000 women for Russia. |
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Great Russian Retreat Picture | World War 1 The Russians Run & Retreat 1915
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| Russians are pictured on the Eastern front retreating their position during the Great Russian Retreat of World War 1. |
Picture taken in Poland
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Vistula River Battle | Germany v Russia | Vistula River World War 1 1914
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| All quiet on the Eastern Front. German Infantry are pictured fighting the Russians with machine guns on the fortified banks of the Vistula river. Russia would end up winning the battle of the Vistula River in Poland |
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Ottoman Empire in Palestine | World War 1 Turkish Fight in Palestine 1917
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| A Turkish Infantry Regiment is pictured in El Tireh, Palestine attacking. In 1917 British troops took Jerusalem from Turkey and later in 1918 a treaty was arranged where Palestine came under British Military Rule |
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German Cruiser Blucher World War 1 | German Blucher North Sea Sinking 1915
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| Pictured is the sinking of the German cruiser SMS Blucher in the North Sea on January 24th 1915. Under heavy fire from the British Navy, she was sunk, and British destroyers began recovering survivors. |
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Post World War 1 Aftermath | Newspaper Clippings & Headlines After The Great War
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| Headlines and clippings between world wars |
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Post World War 1 Headlines | Pre World War 2 Headline
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| Newspaper headlines after the war |
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