World War One

[Nathangun]

What the Verdun battlefield looks like now.

 

[Louis]

A place comparison...
Canadian Armoured Car marching in Mons town, Belgium, 11 Nov, 1918.

Parade of tanks in Mons, Sept. 2014.

 

[Louis]

British troops in a moment of rest, north of France, Sept 1914.

 

[Louis]

A then & now...
Inside of Amiens Cathedral with sandbag reinforcements against shell damage, Amiens, Fr., 1918.

 

[Louis]

Frenchs under bombing enemy

 

[Nathangun]

The clouds look very odd in that photo.

 

[rocketman]

And there are some distinctly repeated patterns in the grey cloud on the right. Looks like poor Photoshop cloning work.

 

[Hedgehog]

Just take a look at these pictures from the WW1 with some colour attached, Fascinating

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/enter...brought-to-life-by-lord-of-the-rings-director

 

[Gnarly]

And there are some distinctly repeated patterns in the grey cloud on the right. Looks like poor Photoshop cloning work.

Or possibly a 'composite' of that era.

The renowned WWI Australian War photographer Frank Hurley's most prominent example of this (below) is a juxtaposition of about 12 different negatives:

 

[Hedgehog]

A German U-Boat washed up on the shores of Hastings 1918/19

 

[Louis]

Wow Ted, It almost sank next to the buildings.!!

 

[Gnarly]

thanks for posting @Hedgehog , more info on SM U-118:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_U-118

She only sunk two ships in her operational period May-November 1918, before breaking a tow cable in a storm whilst being towed to Scapa Flow for scrapping post-war...

 

[rocketman]

A German U-Boat washed up on the shores of Hastings 1918/19
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"Honey, there is a U-boat outside our window....."
"Shh, you're dreaming. Come back to bed. And stay off the booze from now on."

 

[Louis]

King George V visiting a soldier's grave on Vimy Ridge, France, july 11, 1917.

 

[Louis]

Hundreds of sandbags that protect the portals of the cathedral Notre-Dame, Paris, 1918. / And May 2018.

 

[eucmh]

100 photos (HD) 14/18
https://www.eucmh.be/2018/11/18/photographs-eucmh-013-world-war-1-100-photos-hd/
100 photos (HD) 14/18
https://www.eucmh.be/2018/09/27/photographs-eucmh-02-collection-world-war-1-100-photos/
600+ photos (HD) 10th Mountain Division - Kiska - USA - Italy
https://www.eucmh.be/2018/10/19/photographs-eucmh-011-10th-mountain-division-6100-photos/

 

[steve]

Thought you chaps might find this interesting...........

Steve

 

[Louis]

Great shell crater on Ypres, Oct 1917.

 

[steve]

Great shell crater on Ypres, Oct 1917.

Many years ago ( mid 1980's) in a previous job I worked in a house doing some carpet cleaning - the owner was an army veteran and had served in WW1 - on his mantlepiece was a silver platter, all bent and worn - I spent some time talking to him and he told me it came from the cathedral in Ypres during WW1 when he saw action there.

Steve

 

[Louis]

Then & now...
The Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium, with partial damage after the German bombings in 1914. By 1918 it was totally destroyed.
And today, rebuilt.