#westernfront

[theworldofwars]

 British troops asleep in a support trench during the preliminary bombardment, previous to the attack on Beaumont Hamel, 1st July 1916. Note scaling ladders (duckboards) across trench. 

[whencyclopedia]

Battle of Passchendaele: Haig's Folly in the Mud of Flanders

The Third Battle of Ypres was widely seen as an Allied failure. Strictly speaking, Haig had won the battle, but the gains were minimal and the costs high. The British and British Empire forces had overall suffered between 250,000 and 275,000 casualties (including 70,000 killed) in three months of fighting for no strategic gain. Haig was criticised for wasting men for the very limited gain of a salient just 5 miles (8 km) deeper into enemy territory. All of this territory would be lost in just three days during the German Spring Offensive of 1918, when the lack of British reserves, men lost at Passchendaele, was telling.

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⇒ Battle of Passchendaele: Haig's Folly in the Mud of Flanders

[captain-price-returns]

A trio of German-made 28cm MRK L/35 guns equipping the Oscarsborg Fortress in occupied Norway circa 1940. Originally purchased in 1893, these weapons were among those that sunk the German heavy cruiser Blücher during the Battle of Drøbak Sound on April 9th 1940

[madnessofmen]

would you like to have a pillow fight with me and the comrades? it would be so #trenchcore of us.

Yeah! *fills my pillowcase with live grenades and kills us all instantly*

[bunnygotchi]

Horny. 🫵🏻

[featherinthemeadow]

1917

A character study

[18thfoot]

6th November 1915 - Western Front. Major C.L. Graham assumed command of 1st Battalion. #18thfoot #royalirishregiment #redcoat #britisharmy #britishempire #greatwar #worldwar1 #ww1 #westernfront https://www.instagram.com/p/CknPo6gjaYx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[voughtcorsair]

WARLD WAR ONE

WARLD WAR ONE