The uniform showed in the video is plain and simple, designed to be easy to manufacture to support armies that numbered in the millions. The truly striking thing about the uniform is that advances in modern textiles have given today’s soldiers much lighter, warmer, and comfortable equipment. ...
Fred Lenz in World War I uniformUnknown
Before World War II began, World War I was known as The Great War. World War I was the first war in which tanks were used. Browse through the gallery and see if you can spot the following: World War I soldiers in the trenches World War I British Army uniform Map of Allied (Entente...
After this, there are multiple pages all about World War I to add behind this. While reading these books, children will learn about: The start of the War The trenches The soldiers First aid and nurses Different aircraft that was used and pilots Zeppelins Tanks Artillery The uniform that was...
World War I (“The Great War”) toppled empires, created new nations, and sparked tensions that would explode across future years. On the battlefield, gruesome modern weaponry wrecked an entire generation of young men. The United States entered the conflict in 1917 and was never again the sa...
HBC has developed a number of biographies of some of the important people involved in World War I. It is quite a cast of characters. Our focus is of coure their childhood and clothing, but we also provide some basic information on their adult lives. I
muddy uniform and equipment seemed to sink him deeper into the prevailing mire. After the first few hours we moved about like so many dazed automatons, stumbling, staggering, blundering along the heaving duck-walks and erupting roads – almost too stunned to care whether we lived or died and...
Boots, badges and uniform scraps used to identify fallen WWI soldiers Buttons and insignia from uniforms are key clues, as are whistles bearing the name of the soldier's unit. Jun 12, 2023 "All Quiet on the Western Front": Remaking the anti-war classic ...
While steel helmets never completely disappeared from the battlefield – and helmets were worn by cavalry units throughout the 18th and 19th centuries – at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 most British infantrymen wore only the Home Service Helmet as part of a dress uniform and ...
George Patton, U.S. Army officer who was an outstanding practitioner of mobile tank warfare in the European and Mediterranean theaters during World War II. His strict discipline, toughness, and self-sacrifice elicited exceptional pride within his ranks.