postcard-from-the-past: Prince Oskar Karl Gustav Adolf of Prussia German vintage postcard

Image: IWM (Q 64320) An Austro-Hungarian field telephone dugout on Mount Rombon. Note use of unofficial badges on right side of cap.

French infantry from the 144th Regiment, April 26, 1915 wearing early cotton pads soaked in water or chemical absorbent solutions.

girlactionfigure: Rescued hostage Noa Argamani has become one of the most recognizable figures symbolizing Israeli resilience against the incessant jihadist onslaught that seeks to destroy the Jewish people. Argamani was named this week to Time magazine’s list of 100 most influential people over the past year.

are you a Zionist?

I’m not Jewish, if that’s what you mean. As a non-Jewish person, do I believe that Jewish people have a right to their homeland, absolutely! I’m not arrogant enough to believe that I know all there is to know or that others are not allowed to disagree with me. I think Zionism is the belief that the Jewish people have a right to settle in parts of their ancestral homeland.

Diagram of the feeding mechanism for the Lebel, showing a round in the chamber, the transporter (empty) and 2 rounds in the magazine.

Image: IWM (Q 6554) German Offensive on the Lys (Operation Georgette). French and British soldiers working together putting up wire near Berthen, 23 April, 1918. Look at the way the French uniforms have changed after the mutiny of 1917!

Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Bréville (25 Nov. 1858-15 Sep. 1931) Mutiny in the French Army, April - May 1917.

French machine gunners sweeping a road, Courcelles, south-east of Montdidier, France, 9 June 1918

“The Letter Home” by Gunning King (1859-1940)

Postcard by the English School “Keep a Brave Heart, Darling!”

“The Smile of Victory” by Charles Mills Sheldon

alexbyrth: Bristol F.2B

cool identification poster of British warplanes.

Image: IWM (Q 82598) A dug-out near the Rue Tilleloy during an attack, 1914.

Member of the 6th Australian Light Horse smoking pipe and reading newspaper outside a dugout, 1915. He is wearing an improvised sun veil on his cap.

Food cooking on a stove in the officers’ dugout at Houpline, with troops of the 1/16th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) standing outside, 1915.

The taking of Courcelles, northern France, June 1918

An image from the English School depicting Munster Fusiliers cutting horses loose from a shattered wagon at Gallipoli.

American marines digging trenches, Lucy-le-Bocage, France, 1 June, 1918