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![[Three British soldiers in trench under fire during World War I]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvdGhyZWUtYnJpdGlzaC1zb2xkaWVycy1pbi10cmVuY2gtdW5kZXItZmlyZS1kdXJpbmctd29ybGQtd2FyLWktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/252/jpg "[Three British soldiers in trench under fire during World War I]")
![[Abandoned British trench which was captured by the Germans; in background, German soldiers on horseback view the scene]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvYWJhbmRvbmVkLWJyaXRpc2gtdHJlbmNoLXdoaWNoLXdhcy1jYXB0dXJlZC1ieS10aGUtZ2VybWFucy1pbi1iYWNrZ3JvdW5kLWdlcm1hbi1lNzU0NzgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Abandoned British trench which was captured by the Germans; in background, German soldiers on horseback view the scene]")
![[German soldiers in a trench] during World War I](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDIvZ2VybWFuLXNvbGRpZXJzLWluLWEtdHJlbmNoLTllMzc4YS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[German soldiers in a trench] during World War I")
![[Three soldiers in a rifle pit]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvdGhyZWUtc29sZGllcnMtaW4tYS1yaWZsZS1waXQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[Three soldiers in a rifle pit]")
![[World War I Infantry soldiers, standing in front of photographers backdrop]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvd29ybGQtd2FyLWktaW5mYW50cnktc29sZGllcnMtc3RhbmRpbmctaW4tZnJvbnQtb2YtcGhvdG9ncmFwaGVycy1iYWNrZHJvcC02NDAuanBn/40/62/webp "[World War I Infantry soldiers, standing in front of photographers backdrop]")
![[The bugle soldiers of the Fire Brigade]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWJ1Z2xlLXNvbGRpZXJzLW9mLXRoZS1maXJlLWJyaWdhZGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/48/webp "[The bugle soldiers of the Fire Brigade]")
![[Unidentified German soldiers in uniform with cannon]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLWdlcm1hbi1zb2xkaWVycy1pbi11bmlmb3JtLXdpdGgtY2Fubm9uLWNmNTVjOC02NDAuanBn/40/26/webp "[Unidentified German soldiers in uniform with cannon]")
