World War I Trenches

Historical black and white images depicting trenches and shelters from World War I, illustrating military life and earthworks from that era.

'Sur le massif de Moronvilliers; L'entrée d'une ancienne sape allemande sur les pentes Est du Cornillet', 1917. First World War: on the Moronvilliers Hills; entrance to an old German excavation under the eastern slopes of the Cornillet. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Twinin. South slope, Russ. Trenches. .

Russian ditch, infantry regiment 168..

MANCHFFS shelters at the Piave-Damm on 20.5.1918 These images bear the note "Reserve" and were not provided for a publication due to their information content

Monte Cimone. Stollenbau. .

'Sur le massif de Moronvilliers; L'entrée d'une ancienne sape allemande sur les pentes Est du Cornillet', 1917. First World War: on the Moronvilliers Hills; entrance to an old German excavation under the eastern slopes of the Cornillet. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

War album 95, picture 28390.

Interior of the Redan ". Crimean war. National Museum in Warsaw; photographic / photographic print / printing from glass negative / Print from the glass negative collodion; products from Wzkien / Paper / Paper / Paper Salt / Salt paper; height 24.8 cm, width 28.3 cm; di 104349 MNW; all rights reserved.Crimea (Ukraine), military acts, fortifications, war, Crimean War (1853-1856)

Explosion at the Fort of Double-Crown St Denis: Hole made in the fort by the explosion. Damage caused by the explosion of the double-crown fort transformed into deposit of ammunition, Saint-Denis (93), March 04, 1916 Anonymous. Explosion at the Fort of Double-Crown St Denis: Hole made in the fort by the explosion. Damage caused by the explosion of the double-crown fort transformed into deposit of ammunition, Saint-Denis (93), on March 04, 1916. Drawing with gelatin bromide of silver. March 4, 1916-04 March 1916.

Proviant-Magazin des J-.Greights 17 Malga-pozze.

Summit on the VRSIC. Recorded on 27 July 1916..

Trenching at Honved Infantry Regiment 308 Kutozow.

'Episodes de la bataille de Verdun; les ruines de l'ouvrage aux mains des Allemands, un mois apres. Au premier plan, le reseau devant la premiere ligne francaise', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

By direct hit destroyed instrument a.d.Hermada.27.8.17. .

Fire line d / 14.inftr.reg. (3.10.1915.).

Grenade launcher in the Seikofelstellung, in the center of the picture of the Quaterna - Summit. .

The picture shows a soldiers who consider the ruins of the destroyed fortress "Fort de Condé-sur-Aisne" .. The picture shows a soldiers who consider the ruins of the destroyed fortress "Fort de Condé-sur-Aisne".

Field marklututnant Hofmann at lir.19.

15 cm heavy haubitzbat. Nördl. Opatovice. .

Balloon defensive cannon (8 cm field cannon) east below the TRESSDORFER height (1873.).

Trenched after the battles on 9.6. At the 5th Company of the Bosnian Herzegovinic Infantry Regiment 1 south of Cebrov.

Guest position at the Manderiolo. .

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Destroyances Netherlands 1941/1945. Arnhem 1945. Destroyed Rijnkade. June 1945. The Netherlands

Source on the Strasse Soca - Kerschovec. Recorded on July 8, 1916..

POSIT.BATT.28.9cm f.K.M.75 below Smogar Summit.

Charleston, South Carolina Parapet of Fort Sumter, with stacks of ammunition. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Charleston (S.C.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Forts & fortifications, United States, South Carolina, Charleston.

Detailed recordings Österr.Schuted trenches on the battlefield of Lgota Murovana. .

Beit J...a. 1934, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Sundsvall and Kartum Phone networks Current.1900. Probably telephone inspector Alström, Vilholm and the Government Kinna.

Destroyed position at Fajti Hrib. 25.8.17. .

Strassor open, north of Kolonia Turkowizy against Podluze, manufactured by the officer representative Weiguni from the regimental pioneering department.

General Ernst climbing noble of Gromnik and his head defef Colonel of Ruzicic inspect a position of the Jägerbattailon 5 in Konuchy.

From the position at Bainsizza Plateau.26.9.17. .

'Pendant l'affaire de Douaumont, le 22 mai.-- Deux coureurs venant des premieres lignes arrivent au poste de commandement du general Mangin', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916".

Aircraft disguised by foliage in order to diguise their location and to hide them from enemy eyes.

Shorter at Piave-Damm 7.2.18. .

26th New York Infantry at Fort Lyon, near Alexandria, Virginia 1861-65 Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady American. 26th New York Infantry at Fort Lyon, near Alexandria, Virginia 268179

A telephone takeover in the swarm line at the infantry regiment 4.

Group Commandant Colonel Schuschnigg inspects the foremost positions on Kote 806..

Standby coverage in the castle trench with alarm post at the 13th Companie of the Infantry Regiment 75, 10.Jänner.1917.

Fortifications and bomb-proofs, in front of Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg), Va, US, USA, America, Vintage photography

Historical: Other. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Concrete entrance and observational status against Huszce. .

US Civil War. The Fall of Petersburg and Richmond, March 26-April 2. Dead Confederate soldier lies dead in Fort Mahone, on the Petersburg siege line, April 3, 1865. In the foreground is a 'Chevaux-de-frise', a portable defensive barrier of a central log with projecting wooden spikes (BSLOC_2018_9_166)

Flanking plant in the Ostl.chojni position against the Polish Legion. .

Redoubt No 4 after being repeatedly attacked by the enemy, near Benghazi, Libya, Italian-Turkish war, photograph by G Toccolini, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIX, No 7, February 18, 1912.

COUPS OF MT.S.FORTRIELE Δ 646 29.10.17. .

Elsevier photo collection. underground smuggling company South Limburg. smuggling blind wood red rooster, connected Belgium Kannennenberg forms Lichtenberg, Zonneberg Sint Pietersberg. Geniesoldates gaining access Belgium dynamite. "before 1917"}. Limburg

Photo collection First World War. The Front in France. Another view of the chateau in Thiepval .. 1914-1918}. France, Thiepval

Second explosion of the Cabo Machichaco steamship in the port of Santander, March 21, 1894, Cantabria. Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Fortifications on the Petersburg lines. Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

The Base structure of a Dolmen. Found in Daegu, Kyeongsang-Bukdo. At such places, many ancient remains were excavated.

Machine gun position on the shoulder of the little pal against the patch barrier. .

Officers shelters at the Cavalry Protection Division No. 8 Location Sinkow.

The daily round. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M. Rose, 1st NZEF, 1915, Gelibolu Yarimadasi, by Major John Rose.

Untitled (soldier in trench), circa 1915, maker unknown.

Italian trenches at the breakdown point at Fleitsch. .

Photo collection First World War. Boches Ready to Be Buried. 1914-1918}. Chateau Thierry, France

War album 95, picture 28365.

Brick trillery of the fourth K.U.K. Army probably in the area of Kowel.

Rifle pits on the picket line in front of Petersburg, Virginia. Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Field guard at the Terragnolofront. Recorded on 13 May 1916..

Inspecting the mountain guide course in Bolzano by Excellence of Roth, 29.4.1917. Exercises of the newly educated mountain guides. .

Soldiers' graves 1917, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Interior of Breastworks on Round Top, Gettysburg. Timothy O'Sullivan; American, born Ireland, 1840-1882. Date: 1863. Dimensions: 17.7 x 22.9 cm (image/paper); 31.1 x 44.6 cm (album page). Albumen print, pl. 38 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866). Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Coucy-le-Chteau, Aisne, France , 1917 - Devastated regions, Somme, Oise, Aisne - Fernand Cuville (photographic section of the army) - (September -October) (French - Coucy-le-Chteau , Aisne , France). Military uniform, food, domestic life, ruins, bombing, fortress, hairy, medium age, man, army, Clothing, daily life, world war, art, human beings, society, France, Coucy-le-Chau, hairy eating the soup

Klewa.Sige trenches. .

Francia. Primera guerra mundial (1914-1918). Segunda batalla del Aisne. Puesto de artillería alemana abandonada; tumba de los artilleros muertos durante el combate. Mayo de 1917.

The damaged work Lustern, right shoulder and front trench, taken on July 4, 1916..

Thessaloniki (Greece), March 1916. The English on campaign. Military bakery facility for the English army in Thessaloniki.

Klewa.Sige vesting position with shelter. .

Fork-Daniele, Standort d. Brgde.100. .

1st World War; Main street of Carency near Arras, northern France, following its capture by French forces in the 2nd Battle of Artois; The village was completely destroyed in the fighting. Black and white photograph

Accommodation of the Baons - Command on Fedajapass, 10.4.1916. .

VRSIC (tip) with standby cavern. .

Yuzovka, Donbass, Ukraine 1919Funeral of the executed Bolshevik coal miners massacred by the White Volunteer Army on the Southern Front in Donbass durimg the Russian Revolution.

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. The Western front. "Peace without indemnities." An object lesson to all supporting the "Peace without indemnities Movement". Two Frenchwomen return to find their home a mass of bricks. There are thousands like this. Shall the Hun pay. {1914-1918}. Frankrijk

Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945); the heroic defense of Bir-Hakeem and Rommel on the threshold of victory. Bir-Hakeem after its defenders retreat.

Group of women in the ruins of Ferruzzano, Calabria, after the earthquake on September 23, 1907, Italy, photograph from L'Illustration, No 3376, November 9, 1907.

War album 107, picture 33104.

Two NDVN soldiers in an improvised accommodation. Resolved the housing problem. "Why in Holland not so We build a house in a few hours ...

Description: Photograph taken by 10 field company Royal Engineers during the Magdala Campaign of 1867-68 Ethiopia. Senate Camp No 2 Sebate Camp No 2 Location: Magdala, Ethiopia Ethiopia Date: 1867 africa

Gas alarm items in the trench of the 16th Company of the Bosnian-Herzegovinic Infantry Regiment L, 9.1.1917.

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Dingwall of the 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders in piquet at Belfast.

Dead Confederates in the trenches of Fort Mahone, April 3, 1865. No. B702, Title from item, Photographer's name from photographic print from the same negative at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Dead Confederates at Ft. Mahone, Petersburg, Va, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Battery on Brdica ¤ 155.

Exercises of the Sturmbatalion in Levico.

'Les succes Italiens du Carso; le Veliki Hriback, sur lequel le capitaine Gabriele d'Annunzio porta les trois couleurs italiennes', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916". (Italian successes on the Karst Plateau; the Veliki Hriback, on which Captain Gabriele d'Annunzio wore the three Italian colours)

The light house of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C. Morris Island in the distance. Fort Sumter is a Third System masonry sea fort located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The fort is best known as the site upon which the shots that started the American Civil War were fired, at the Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. , Vintage photography

Sea face of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), looking toward Morris Island. Fort Sumter is a Third System masonry sea fort located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The fort is best known as the site upon which the shots that started the American Civil War were fired, at the Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. , Vintage photography

A Photograph showing some of the dug-outs and defences that formed part of the French fortifications at Verdun during the First World War. Date: 1916

Gun Battery. Dated: 1855-1856. Dimensions: image: 22 × 27.5 cm (8 11/16 × 10 13/16 in.) mount: 32.5 × 40.8 cm (12 13/16 × 16 1/16 in.). Medium: albumen print. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: James Robertson.

Germany Before the First World War 1890 - 1914 The visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Kaiserin Auguste to Palestine in 1898. Snapshot taken by the Kaiserin showing the Tomb of King David, in Jerusalem. The Sultan of Turkey granted special permission for this visit. Photograph from a personal collection compiled by the Kaiserin and presented by her to Hugh, 5th Earl of Lonsdale.

a) Guides meet pilgrim ships at Jidda; b) Pilgrim ship. 1898, Saudi Arabia, Jiddah

During a visit. Circa 1924.

11/30/1916. On the Western Front. What is seen through a hole made by an enemy grenade in a church.

Anefo photo collection. Bunkers, ruins. February 20, 1951. Noord-Holland, Zandvoort

42 cm Haitzen position in the Canal Valley at Gugg. Screw on the subset ring. Open.am 5.VIII.1916. .

Savannah, Georgia (vicinity). Mortar, Fort McAllister. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Superintendent L. C. Lippert. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

'Sur le front Roumain; mitrailleurs defendant la passe de Predeal', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916". (On the Romanian front; machine gunners defending Predeal pass).

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