French soldiers traverse through the uneven and muddy landscape of the battlefield at Verdun (WW1). Some French soldiers use walking sticks to hike through the uneven field. French soldier on a trench. French soldiers without helmets walking up a hill. French soldier carrying a device attempts to cross a puddle, but slips down. A French soldier jumps toward a muddy puddle. A huge muddy explosion. French soldiers stagger through muddy landscape. French soldiers helping a soldier lying in the mud.
French Army communications during World War 1. French soldiers marching along a road. French officers typing using typewriters inside an office. French soldier keys in telegraph orders after receiving them French radioman, wearing headphones, tunes a radio and takes notes. A French officer in a trench uses a telephone while connecting patch cords into a switchboard,
The German SM U-35 U-boat sinks a ship in the Mediterranean Sea during World War 1. The ship’s stern rises high into the air before sinking completely in the sea. The German SM U-35 U-Boat Commander, Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, gets his logbook and pen from a crewman. Commander Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière marks off the sunken ship in the log book.
French forces mobilization for the Battle of Verdun in World War 1. French soldiers climb a berm alongside a railroad track. French soldiers marching on foot along the Voie Sacrée (Sacred Road), with the string of transport vehicles passing constantly to the battlefield. Military truck driving, passing by soldiers. Soldiers marching on narrow road in Verdun. Devastated landscape scattered with debris surrounds the field.
German Kaiser Wilhelm II and Crown Prince Wilhelm meets military officials a day before the start of the Battle of Verdun in World War 1. German military band plays music as infantry march with rifles during a parade. Kaiser Wilhelm II speaks to a soldier, both are wearing Pickelhaube helmets. Crown Prince Wilhelm (Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst), wearing winter ceremonial military attire, stands near his father while the later speaks with military officials. Kaiser65675079236 II, Crown Prince Wilhelm, and military officials enter a building.
A French soldier eats while sitting on the grass during WWI. A French soldier arrives at a trench riding a bicycle to deliver newspapers. French soldiers pay for newspapers. A French soldier writes a letter while his colleagues rest behind him.