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EVB2942863: World War 1. Istanbul crowds gathered at the Mosque of Faith when Sheikh Ul Islam, the highest ranking member of the Ulama, proclaimed the declaration of war against the allies. October 28, 1914, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942874: World War 1. Bulgarians advancing in counter attack against a heavy barrage laid down by the Serbia Artillery. c. 1915-18, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942885: General John Pershing. He led the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe from 1917-19, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942894: General Ferdinand Foch, led French armies in the Battle of the Marne in 1914 and the Somme campaign in 1916. After a brief demotion to the Italian Front in 1917, he was made Chief of the General Staff in 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942895: Ferdinand Foch, Chief of the General Staff of the French armies in World War 1, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942898: General Robert Nivelle replaced Joseph Joffre as French Commander-in-Chief in 1916. Nivelle promised politicians a fast victory (48 hours) by using artillery on an unprecedented scale. The Nivelle Offensive failed and contributed to the widespread mutiny in the French Army in 1917, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942902: General Henri Petain being presented with the Marshall's Baton on Nov. 19, 1918, in the presence of a distinguished group of leaders, including Joffre, Foch, Pershing, Haig, and others, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942904: Field Marshal Horatio Kitchener, the renowned British colonial commander, became Secretary of State for War at the beginning of World War 1, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942909: Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig, was a British senior officer during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force from 1915 to the end of the War in 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942911: General Edmund Allenby commanded the British Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the World War 1. In 1917 he captured Jerusalem. In 1918 he defeated the Turks on the plain of Megiddo and captured Damascus and Aleppo, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942921: Field Marshall Paul von Hindenburg commanded German armies in East Prussia that defeated the Russians in Tannenberg in August 1914 and at the at the Masurian Lakes in 1915. He succeeded Erich Falkenhayn as Commander-in-Chief of the German armies on August 29, 1916, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942924: German General, Erich Ludendorff, Chief of the General Staff of the German armies from 1916-18, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942925: Crown Prince of Germany, August Wilhelm, third from left. He commanded the Fifth Army at the beginning of World War 1. He served on the Western Front with some distinction, notably heading the Verdun offensive against the French in February 1916, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942940: World War 1. German soldiers strain to move a huge siege gun into an attack position. The massive gun was designed shortly before World War 1, to defeat the strongest fortifications, such as those at Liege, Belgium. 1914-18, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942942: World War 1. German soldiers on the way to the front Belgium during World War I. 1914, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942953: World War 1. German invasion troops searching for Belgian guerrilla fighters in Aarschot. Germans executed 156 civilians in Aarschot in 1914, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942957: World War 1. Belgian refugees in the Bergen Op Zoom refugee camp in Holland during World War I. German invaders allowed some women and children to evacuate to Holland but kept the men, who were put to forced labor. 1914-15, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942958: World War 1. Belgian peasants in a horse-drawn cart, showing a pass to soldiers during the World War I German occupation of Belgium. 1914-15, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942959: World War 1. Paris on the day Germany declares war on France. Young men, some only 17, gathered at the Montparnasse Station in Paris. August 3, 1914, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942963: World War 1. German field bakery with soldiers cooking bread in mobile ovens near Ypres, Belgium during World War I. 1914, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942996: World War 1. German troops holding a first-line trench on the river bank. Possibly during the Aisne Offensive, in May 27-June 4th, as part of 1918 German drive when they came within 56 kilometers of Paris, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943004: World War 1. Russian soldiers captured by the Germans at Tannenberg passing through a border town on the way to detention camps in Germany, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943020: World War 1: the Battle of Verdun. French soldiers in a front line trench during the Battle of Verdun. 1916, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943072: French Infantry firing from a World War 1 trench. 1914-15, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2943094: Some of 3,000 African soldiers in German Cameroon in WW1. 1914-15. Cameroon and parts of eastern Nigeria, had a garrison of about 1,000 German soldiers supported by about 3,000 African soldiers, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2929067: World War I, dead soldiers from Russia, United States, c.1914-1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2929226: President Jimmy Carter, and Vice President Walter Mondale, at the White House, Washington DC, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, December 4, 1979, O'Halloran, Thomas J. (fl.1957) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2929230: Future President Dwight D. Eisenhower (back left), and future First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, watch the Republican National Convention on television, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, July, 1952, O'Halloran, Thomas J. (fl.1957) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2929336: WORLD WAR I, The Little War, Children playing in the snow and throwing snowballs at a snowman resembling the Kaiser. Original Title: 'La Petite Guerre', lithograph by Edouard Bernard, 1914, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2931559: Nadar, caricature of photographer Nadar, (aka Gaspard-Felix Tournachon), c.1878 (engraving), Gill, Andre (1840-85) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2931685: For the freedom of the world, President Woodrow Wilson, asking Congress to declare war on Germany, April 2, 1917, created 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942606: French troops moving up to the front lines in France. The World War I Yorkshire regiment rotates to the front trenches, relieving soldiers who have completed their turn in the most dangerous battle position. 1914-1918. dangerous battle position. 1914-1918. dangerous battle position. 1914-1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942608: World War I American snipers of the 166th Infantry, shooting at Germans on the outer edge of town. Villers sur Fere, France. July 30, 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942618: World War I British guns in an elevated position fire toward at the battle front. 1914-1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942619: Four American soldiers loading a mobile railroad gun. The gun fired massive 13.9 inch caliber shells on the Argonne front. Baleycourt, France. World War I. Sept. 26, 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2942622: British World War I soldiers entering a novel billet with their packs. Near Riencourt, France. 1918, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images