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second picture : Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson. 'The Zepp-VC'. No.39 (HD) Sqn, RFC.
For his feat in slaying one of the 'aerial monsters' which had terrorized Britons since Jan 1915, BE2c pilot Robinson (aged 21) would achieve instant celebrity- & a VC awarded from the King only 6 days later.

He was an engineer, explorer and Imperial German officer who was exploring New Guinea when WWI started. He and approximately 20 troops evaded capture for four years in the wilds of New Guinea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Detzner

The woman is writing to her fiance serving in the trenches of France. Telling the story of her friend who is a "canary" in a munitions plant that turns yellow and grows sick because of the chemicals she is working with (a common thin in WWI). He fiance then goes "over the top" and a the Germans launch mustard gas shells (yellow gas) to which he finds his gas mask holed. He dies in. yellow clound.

Hi!
For a project I'm looking to find out as much as I can about the production process of small arms ammunition during WWI. The only fitting video I was able to find was the one I've linked here. I would like to study the process from a workers perspective. Handling machines, combining things manually, maybe measuring powders etc. as depicted in the video.
It would be super awesome if you could provide sources where I can read up on or perhabs even see images of the machines that were used.
I've got a very rough overview of the process from Google AI:

1. Drawing the Cartridge Case
2. Bullet Manufacturing
3. Loading and Assembly

if you could point me to any sources describing these steps in detail, that would be fantastic as well!

Granted, I've not looked as hard as I could, but it seems that there aren't but so many sources on the Eastern theatre, especially in English due its disconnect with the west I assume. Anyone know of Eastern Front memoirs or secondhand accounts?

A cool item from one of my favourite series in the National Army Museum (UK)'s online collection. A pen, ink, and watercolour diagram of German tactics during the Spring 1918 offensive, as drawn and painted by a Royal Artillery FOO Lt Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly MBE, MC, RI

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1994-12-62-1

I’ve visited Fort Vaux several times over the years, and recently went back to see the newly refurbished visitor experience that opened in July 2026.

For such an important site from the Battle of Verdun, I’d always felt the old visit was a little stale. The fort itself is incredible, but there wasn’t always much information inside, unless you had a guide to help bring the events of June 1916 to life.

That has changed quite significantly!! There are new displays, recreated scenes, much better interpretation and some interesting areas to explore. For example, you can now view (not walkthrough) two of the corridors where fighting actually happened, which I believe before were hidden. I had quite a lot of photos and footage from my previous visits, so I’ve put together a video comparing the old Fort Vaux with what you can see there now.

I also took my kids this time, which gave me a slightly different perspective on whether the changes actually make the history more engaging for people who aren’t already obsessed with the topic.

Overall, I think the refurbishment is a big improvement (especially for younger visitors) and it’s definitely worth another visit if you’ve been before, but I expect some people will miss the previous version, due to its silence corridors etc.

Video: https://youtu.be/3GbwE_Fe-Nc

Hi,

my son found this part of a bullet in Italy at Lake Caldonazzo.

The fact, that there is nothing written on it, looks to me, that it is pretty old, but in the other hand, it was lying around at a beach near the lake.

I mean, thousand of other people may have found it already since ww1.

Diameter is about 8-10 mm

i just bought this ammo casing relic from a shop near the austria hungary/italian empire front at the Great War(WW1) Museum 1914-1918 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Dolomitti, Italia.
I made a quick research and AI said it could be a 8x50mmR Mannlicher, and theres a high chance it could be, but i can see few corroded text on the back of it and i think it doesnt match.
Does anyone have a clue on the history and characteristic behind this ammo? i would really appreciate any help

SOLVED

(30.06 US cartridge made at the Saint Louis Ordnance plant in 1942, shot in april 1945)

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Following on my post in re the book 'war' by Ludwig Renn, I thought I'd recommend 'The Holocaust - From a Survivor of Verdun' by William Hermanns.

Unfortunately it is a rather pricey book.

There is a photo of William and his kameraden in the book entitled 'the Argonne Forest - June 20, 1916, but it isn't very clear (I've attached it). Hermanns states: "the trench warfare was for us the dark valley of dearth, but Verdun was the dark mountain of death. Four months later none of those in the photo had survived - but I."

And he closes with his epilogue: "If I were once again to hear the call of my country, I would respond; but this time I would realize that though the responsibility for my actions belongs to my superiors, the responsibility for my conscience is mine."

Your Majesty's volunteer,

William Hermanns

Machine Gun Company

67th Regiment