The French Boirault Machine was an experimental Landship or Tank. In an Aug 1916 demonstration, an observer noted that it moved about 1 km/h, managed to flatten a line of barbed wire, and crossed trenches that were 1.8 m wide but had trouble steering. x.com/ThisDayInWWI/s…

Today in 1915 a German Zeppelin dropped a bomb on Batholomew’s Close & revealed this: The gatehouse of St Bartholomew's Church. A Tudor building that miraculously survived the Great Fire but been clad in the 18thC. The cladding was blasted off to reveal the 16th Century building.

Beautiful!

Who was the majority partner from 14-18 on the allied side of the Western Front? Below maps from the excellent carto1418.fr visually makes it easy to see who.. French= Blue Non-French= Orange Germans= Red Pic1: 31.12.14 Pic2: 31.12.15 Pic3: 31.12.16 Pic4: 31.12.17

“I FOUGHT AND DIED IN THE GREAT WAR TO END ALL WARS. HAVE I DIED IN VAIN?” - at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery on the Somme.

“WILL SOME KIND HAND IN A FOREIGN LAND PLACE A FLOWER ON MY SON'S GRAVE” - at Foncquevillers Military Cemetery.

American nurse Cora Elm, 1916. She was a member of the Oneida Nation, and attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School from 1906 to 1913. She served as a Red Cross nurse in France during World War I.

On this day in 1917, working-class women in Petrograd launched a riot that began the Russian Revolution. The day has been celebrated as #InternationalWomensDay ever since. Wishing all of our comrades a joyful and successful #IWD2023! ✊🚩🌹

Good to see the blooms out in London Cemetery & Extension, High Wood, this afternoon. #WW1 #Somme

Did you know that the 13,000 Native Americans that fought in World War I were not even U.S. citizens? Natives were not granted citizenship (of our own country) — until June 2, 1924. You would’ve known this. Had they taught it to you in school.

In 1918, a soldier from the Harlem Hellfighters, also known as the 369th Infantry Regiment, strikes a pose with a puppy he rescued during World War 1. Comprised of courageous Black soldiers, this regiment fought alongside the French army due to racial segregation in the US

#OTD 1918: 7 Sopwith Camels took off from the converted large cruiser HMS Furious in a raid on the Imperial German Navy's at Tondern and destroyed two Zeppelins. It was the first-ever attack made by wheeled aircraft flying from a carrier flight deck. Images: IWM

By popular request and weather permitting, WW1 AHT will return to the skies above Stow Maries Aero on 23rd July. Where else can you see these aircraft above an original WW1 Aerodrome Advance Tickets only -stowmaries.org.uk/event/propwash…

#ThursdayThread: THE JAPANESE NAVY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1917-18 by @PikeGrey14181 In late August 1914, Japan declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary, and already in September that year, the British requested that Japan send naval units to the Mediterranean. 1/8

#OnThisDay 1914: Belgian troops defeated a German cavalry force west of Halen. The battle was a tactical victory for the Belgians, but did little to delay the German advance through the country. Still, it's often considered the first allied victory of the First World War.

“I am stopping with T.E. Lawrence for a few days, and have brought down all your poems with me, that he may read them through. He has done so with enormous enthusiasm. He said ‘a great achievement – modern literature of the highest order.’” – E.M. Forster, letter to Cavafy, 1924

A member of the 369th Infantry Regiment (Harlem Hellfighters) holds a puppy that he saved during World War I, 1918.

#OTD 8 Oct 1914 RNAS pilot, ‘Reggie’ Marix, flew from Antwerp, as the German army closed in on the city, & bombed Zeppelin shed at Dusseldorf, destroying Zepp. Z IX. Awarded the DSO, he later rose to Air Vice Marshal. Replica of his Sopwith Tabloid on display at Stow Maries Aero.

So today is the anniversary of the sinking of SMS Emden in 1914 but why is it such a big deal?