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Friedrich
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#WW1 enthusiast

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On this day, February 21, 109 years ago in 1916, the Battle of Verdun begins.

After a colossal barrage, the German 5th Army goes into full offensive on the Verdun salient. The French, caught off guard, suffer heavy losses as German forces advance.

(Credit: Drakegooman)
#WW1 #FWW #HISTORY
German infantry from Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 39 advance towards Haumont Forest (bois d’Haumont) on 21 February 1916. (Credit: Drakegooman) German infantry from Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 39 advance towards Haumont Forest (bois d’Haumont) on 21 February 1916. (Credit: Drakegooman)
February 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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pikegrey1418.bsky.social
Rare photos of Austro-Hungarian soldiers using smart phones in the field
February 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Detail from a Boer War memorial in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
February 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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blackmillgames.bsky.social
Tannenberg turned 6 years old and the wolves have come to crash the party! Join the Wolf Truce on PC and work together with your usual enemy to fend off against the wolves. Or don't, and deal with the consequences!

Find more info here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/633...

#WW1 #gamedev #history
February 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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blackmillgames.bsky.social
The Frommer Stop was a Hungarian pistol from 1912 with springs in the cylinder above the barrel.

Wanting to replicate the Villar Perosa, FÉG converted 2 Stops into machine pistols with extended magazines and fitted them together, upside down, on a mount. It wasn't a success.

#WW1 #history #gamedev
February 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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blackmillgames.bsky.social
Our Meet the Dev series makes its grand return and we're kicking it off with Seyfettin! A QA with a ton of experience under his belt, he tests new content and squishes bugs to make sure #Isonzo stays in shape.

Find it here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/155...

#WW1 #gamedev #indiedev
February 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
freidrich.bsky.social
On this day, February 10, 1918, the Russian Soviet government (Bolsheviks) under Vladimir Lenin officially declared Russia’s withdrawal from World War I without immediately signing a peace treaty.

#WW1 #WWI #HISTORY
Trotsky reviewing Red Army troops, ~1918-1920
February 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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thehistoryguy.bsky.social
Today in 1906 HMS Dreadnought was launched. The fastest, most well protected, heavily armed battleship the world had ever seen. Every other battleship in the world became obsolete.
Instantly.
February 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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#OTDiH “In a trench located in the Ville-aux-Bois sector, near the Chemin des Dames in the Aisne, soldiers of an infantry regiment serve a Guidetti grenade launcher, preparing to fire on the German lines.” 8 Feb 1916.
[Image credit: SPA 8 V 402 © Henri Bilowski/ECPAD/Défense
IWM Q 70053]
Two French soldiers in a model trench with a grenade launcher. Probably in a training or demonstration area at La Ville-aux-Bois (02) SW of Saint-Dizier. One soldier sits or squats behind the weapon, ready to pull a trigger to fire it, another prepares to hand him a bomb or grenade. There is a box full of these bombs by his feet. This weapon is a « lanceur Guidetti ». Some users just post the image that they’ve taken from another organisation’s website without giving credit. This account always endeavours to credit the archive that preserves these historical assets.
February 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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tankarchives.bsky.social
#OTD in 1916 the Big Willie tank was demonstrated to King George V. The monarch was quite impressed by this "Land Ship". With such a powerful sponsor, the Mark I went into battle later that year, changing the face of warfare forever. #tanks #History #WW1 #WWI
Tank Mark I during trials.
February 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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blackmillgames.bsky.social
Isonzo has a new update on Steam and Epic, introducing the highly anticipated Bipod Toggle option, fixes for some pesky bugs including the "Joining Game" issue and various other improvements!

Find the patch notes on Steam: store.steampowered.com/news/app/155...

#WW1 #Isonzo #gamedev
February 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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blackmillgames.bsky.social
It may not be the most elegant armor solution, but it works... in the right circumstances.

#Isonzo #WW1 #gamedev #history
February 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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corvidaely.bsky.social
IT FINALLY SNOWED WHERE I LIVE!!!!!
SNOW CROW TIME :D
February 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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ri315e.bsky.social
3/2/16
"Today during the day and the night it was quiet, no noise. At times its hard to believe there is a war going on. The days are endless, which is the reason why we work, to try and forget our fate... The weather is again poor, when will it stop? its sleeting today..."
February 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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What an amazing day out exploring #Aisne #Marne and amazing weather ☀️
February 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Well, let's give this Substack thing a try! Here's my first article, please read and share. For now, everything will free, so please sign up to not miss out 🙏

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Von Lettow-Vorbeck's Austrian Dragoon
The Story of Ludwig Freiherr Unterrichter von Rechtenthal and his service in German East Africa during the First World War
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January 31, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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#BlackandWhiteWednesday – here’s a photograph of men of the 2nd Battalion, Welch Regiment, in a shell hole at Givenchy, France in 1915.

#WW1 #FirstWorldWar #army #armylife #archive #collection #museum #photography #blackandwhitephotography
January 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
freidrich.bsky.social
The Heroic Death of Bruno Garibaldi

the fifth son of Ricciotti and Constance, and grandson of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the founder of Italy, volunteered to serve in the Foreign Legion in 1914

On December 26 1914, he gave his life while assaulting a German trench

He was 26 years old

#WW1 #WWI #HISTORY
January 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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This week's header image (26 Jan-1 Feb): submarine HMS E14, sunk on 28 Jan 1918 by Turkish artillery in the Dardanelles after the premature detonation of one of her own torpedoes forced her to surface. 21 of her crew lost their lives. (Imperial War Museum image: Q 13843)
Royal Navy submarine HMS E14. Imperial War Museum image: Q 13843.
January 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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simoneballo.bsky.social
Baron Stephan Burian, the one who managed to convince the Hungarian Prime Minister Earl Istvan Tisza to enter the war alongside Austria.
January 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Airkill of the Italian Navy airship Citta de Ferrara by Austro-Hungarian waterplane L 48, 8 June 1915

#WW1 #WWI #WW1HISTORY #HISTORY
January 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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#ww1 #wwi #history #ww1history
January 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
freidrich.bsky.social
November 5, 1916, board 1 from the "Pro memoria. "A Prussian in Poland (1915-1918)"
"Proclamation of the Kingdom of Poland"

Worth noting the artist has given the German soldiers the appearances of Hindenburg and Ludendorff.

#ww1 #wwi #history #ww1history #poland
January 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
freidrich.bsky.social
Renault TSF - French command tank, designed for communcation between units and HQ, as well as observation.

The turret has been replaced by an armoured superstructure, which housed a periscope and radio set.

#ww1 #wwi #history #tank #tanks #france
January 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
freidrich.bsky.social
Select Belgian uniforms, 1914

#WW1 #WWI #HISTORY
January 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM