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field of spent artillery casings This picture made me realize that there was a lot of machinery used in a war.

british carrier pigeon being released Many animals including pigeons made it easier for soldiers to communicate when they were miles apart.

french calvary crossing a stream Soldiers had to go through many obstacles like crossing water and other things.

London home destroyed by aerial attack I hate to see how the effect of a war can destroy people's homes and the life that they built.

USS Missouri The battleships became really important because they sunk enemy ships and submarines and protected unarmed ships that were being destroyed by them.

British Handley Page bomber Bombers were important since they were able to fly over enemy lines and bomb them.

street scene in Ghent, Belgium following German occupation I don't think many people knew exactly what was going on just that they were now occupied by Germany so they went along with what they were saying and doing.

Serbian peasants fleeing Many people had to flee their homes in order to save themselves eventhough they knew they could be coming home to nothing.

<span style="color: #5400b3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Salvation Army volunteer cooking <span style="color: #00c2ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">People gave food and volunteered a lot because the soldiers didn't have enough supplies to live in a different place and weather.

<span style="color: #5400b3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">delivering French artillery projectiles by rail
<span style="color: #00c2ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Using railroads were some of the fastest ways to delivery machinery and weapons to troops that needed them.

<span style="color: #5400b3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">German soldiers in a trench <span style="color: #00c2ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Soldiers lived in the confined trenches for most of the war and also fought in them.

<span style="color: #5400b3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Camouflaged Fench Scheider tank <span style="color: #00c2ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Having camouflaged artillery was a good idea because enemy soldiers wouldn't have been able to see the tank until it shot at something or it moved.

<span style="color: #5400b3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">a moving "fort" for rescuing wounded between trenches <span style="color: #00c2ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I think having this must have helped the injured and the doctors move a lot quicker without having to worry that they were going to be shot.

<span style="color: #5400b3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">injured soldiers being brought in by train <span style="color: #00c2ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Many soldiers that were severly injured had to be transported by train to be treated by doctors.

<span style="color: #5400b3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Inside of ammunition car showing 400mm shell. Batteries A and C, 53rd Coast Artillery Corps, north of Mailly, France, May 15, 1918 <span style="color: #00c2ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Soldiers had to load bombs so the ships could send them off to attack enemy ships.

<span style="color: #5400b3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Belgian Royal Family reviewing French troops in parade in honor of their re-entry into Brussels <span style="color: #00c2ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Many people were happy that they were able to finally come home from war.