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.
The German SM U-35 crew fires deck gun to sink a captured ship during World War 1. Ship listing before sinking. Crates from the doomed ship are seen floating nearby. SM U-35 Commander and U-boat submarine ace Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière and officers grinning as they flip through a logbook. Commander Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière writes off the sunken ship from the logbook.
An artillery cannon fires in the battlefield. Explosion from shell in a battlefield. A British soldier in a trech carries an injured comrade on his shoulders. French soldiers move in single file in a trench. French soldiers climbing the parados of a trench. French soldiers move through field after climbing up the trench parados.
Torpedo is fired at a ship, as seen from the bow of the German SM U-35 U-boat in World War 1. The SM U-35 Commander, Commander Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, notes sunken ship in a logbook. Smoke coming from ship as it sinks.
U.S.Coast Guard crewmen painting battle star on superstructure of Landing Craft Infantry (Large), LCI(L) number 84, during World War 2, in France. (This craft was already a veteran of North African and Italian campaigns, and is preparing to take part in the Normandy invasion.) Another Guardsman questions whether it will be as good as other stars already painted. Others keep pestering the painter about this and he reassures them all. (View of perfect finished red star.) Landing craft Gunners display the landing craft's Oerlikon 20-millimeter Mk 4 automatic antiaircraft cannon. Views of LCI(L)s numbered 85, 89, 92,90, and 496, all tied together at a port in England. Sailors on LCI(L) 85, at their Oerlikon 20-millimeter cannon. U.S. Navy Union Jack displayed nearby. U.S. Coast Guard officers viewing sky with binoculars.
Newspaper headline declares Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Countess Sophie's assassination by a Bosnian youth in Sarajevo. The Archduke's bullet ridden uniform. The caskets carrying the bodies of the Archduke and his wife are taken to Vienna. The caskets wrapped in the Austrian flag at the port. Officers and soldiers salute in their honor. Priests lead the funeral procession followed by the caskets brought in horse carriages. Various New York newspaper headlines depicting beginning of World War I: Austria declares war on Serbia, Russia mobilizes against Austria, Germany declares war on Russia, France and England declare war on the Central Powers. Berlin: A large crowd gathered on the streets of Berlin. Mobilized German troops and band march on the streets. Crowd greets the German soldiers.
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