GM1914 in pictures

Pictures tell a story – take a look at some of the evocative images from our blog posts.

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THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914 (Q 50719) British and German troops meeting in No-Man’s Land during the unofficial truce. (British troops from the Northumberland Hussars, 7th Division, Bridoux-Rouge Banc Sector). Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205022262

Bernafay Wood, Looking Towards Trônes Wood (Art.IWM ART 4484) image: a view across a desolate and battle-scarred Somme landscape. There are flooded shell holes in the foreground, and clouds of smoke rising from the land in the distance. There are the shattered tree trunks of Bernafay Wood jutting out from the ground, an indication of what used to be a woodland area. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/12083

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916 (Q 4003) Site of Montauban, July 1916. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205236499