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The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.

— Edward Grey, July 1914
the-seed-of-europe: A British soldier “shakes hands” with a kitten on a snowy bank, Neulette, 1917.
Manfred von Richthofen and his dog, Moritz (via IWM)
Medics treating soldiers in a trench during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, September 1916.
the-seed-of-europe: Medic giving water to victims of a gas attack of the 82nd and 89th Divisions in Royaumieux, France.
Lunchtime in the trenches, June 1916.PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA000157
dergrossekrieg: Machine-gunners from 1. Landsturm Infanterie Bataillon ‘Rastatt’ (XIV. 5) open newly arrived parcels from home. The 301st Infanterie Division was formed around the middle of 1917 and was located in the Vosges area, in the vicinity of Ban de Sapt. “The Division remained in its sector in Armee-Abtlg. A without event throughout 1918. It’s losses were negligible. The companies had an average ration strength of 170 men; an average trench strength of 105. The Division was rated as fourth class. It was one of the lowest of that class in value. The morale was low and desertions frequent”.  (by drakegoodman)
interwar: Parisian taxicabs help to shuttle troops to the front during the Battle of the Marne, 1914.
ranciavida: German soldiers with gas mask and their donkey. 1917
On Vashon Island, Washington there is a bike that has grown into a tree. As the story goes, a boy left his bike chained there when he went off to war in 1914. He never returned. The bike remained where he had left it, either forgotten by time or as a tribute to his memory.