map the soul;

quietus: death, or something that causes death, regarded as a release from life. [independent roleplay blog for Roger (William Golding's Lord of the Flies). ] [pre-set on post-island, any au is fine.] { faceclaim is Sadjo Ka. }

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1915/18: Messa al campo celebrata a Salisburgo dal cappellano Bruno Spitzl, osb (+1965) dell’esercito austro-ungarico.

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First world war 

[ironeurope]

French cavalry wearing napoleonic style uniforms, 1914

[bantarleton]

Royal Air Force 1(F) squadron then and now.

[georgy-konstantinovich-zhukov]

Belgian soldiers behind the lines during the First World War.

(IWM)

[ironeurope]

French cavalry

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[tkohl]

WW1 trench warfare in gas masks

[ukinusa]

The front page of The Times newspaper 5 August 1914

100 years ago on 4 August Britain entered World War 1; a war which spanned the globe and cost millions of lives. 

Learn more about First World War Centenary commemorative events here ›

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The first world war 

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[specialcar]

WW1 Mobile carrier Pigeon Coup

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Russian soldier - World war I

[bag-of-dirt]

New Zealand soldiers open their first mail delivery since the Allied victory and cessation of hostilities in the North African Campaign. The almost three year series of battles in North Africa, from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943, would effectively crush Italy’s power as a strong Axis partner, lead to the downfall of Italy’s fascist government and set the stage for the Allied invasion of Sicily and the Italian Campaign. Maadi, Cairo Governorate, Egypt. 10 June 1943. Image taken by George Robert Bull.

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The second world war 

[georgy-konstantinovich-zhukov]

“Persons of Japanese ancestry from San Pedro, California, arrive at the Santa Anita Assembly center in Arcadia, California, in 1942. Evacuees lived at this center at the Santa Anita race track before being moved inland to other relocation centers.”

(National Archives)

[peerintothepast]

A New York haberdasher fixing up a sign explaining that his shop will be closed while staff pray for Allied victory in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, June, 6 1944.