A Photo Look At World War I

Arizona Slim · 07-06-2014, 11:48 AM

A PHOTO LOOK AT WORLD WAR I

Amazing pictures, tho' horrible and what did it all prove?? Should have been a lesson to have no more wars, but sadly the lesson was not learned!!

100 Years Ago... Rare WWI Photographs

http://www.theatlantic.com/static/in.../introduction/

Sergio Natali · 07-06-2014, 12:17 PM

Quite interesting, too bad there are not photos of Italian soldiers; in that war Italy lost about 650,000 soldiers
Both my grand fathers took part to the WWI , one got injured by an Austrian granade, and the other was granted a bronze medal as although injured in a leg managed to take a message that saved other soldiers; but even years after he never took any advantage of that decoration (I rememeber my father saying that he used to give his medal to the kids to play)...

Sergio

Arizona Slim · 07-06-2014, 04:24 PM

Nearly 650,000 soldiers and another estimated 600,000 civilian casualties from a 1914 population of only 35.6 million, that is a heavy price to pay. Too much suffering for too little gain, if any.

Lon

ithacaartist · 07-07-2014, 09:14 AM

Here's the link to the index for the full series of 10: http://www.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/wwi/

DavidJayUden · 07-07-2014, 11:49 AM

If any of you get to KC, MO, stop in at their WW1 museum. Well worth a long afternoon.
dju

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Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Quite interesting, too bad there are not photos of Italian soldiers; in that war Italy lost about 650,000 soldiers Both my grand fathers took part to the WWI , one got injured by an Austrian granade, and the other was granted a bronze medal as although injured in a leg managed to take a message that saved other soldiers; but even years after he never took any advantage of that decoration (I rememeber my father saying that he used to give his medal to the kids to play)... Sergio __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list. Last edited by Sergio Natali; 07-07-2014 at 03:28 AM. Reason: misprinting

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07-06-2014, 04:24 PM	#3
Arizona Slim Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 706 Thanks: 1,026 Thanked 409 Times in 225 Posts	Nearly 650,000 soldiers and another estimated 600,000 civilian casualties from a 1914 population of only 35.6 million, that is a heavy price to pay. Too much suffering for too little gain, if any. Lon

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DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	If any of you get to KC, MO, stop in at their WW1 museum. Well worth a long afternoon. dju