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The Adversaries
1914 - 1918
Uniforms and
Equipment
19181914The German Soldier
1914 1918The French Soldier
1914 1918The British Soldier
The Russian Soldier1914 1917
The Scottish
Soldier 1914
The Belgian Soldier1914 1918
The American Soldier1917 1918
The Machine GunnerFrench British
Note the size of each Division!
British Army – Only one that is all volunteer
It is the smallest!
The American Division will be 28,000!
Russia will field the largest army!
Cavalry still existed in
modern warfare =
scouting operations!
The horse on the
battlefield would not
survive the war!
Defeated by static
trench warfare
Twenty Years Later
Horses will still be found on the
World War Two battlefield, but
will be used more in the role of
transport for “mounted” infantry
and as “draft (pack) animals”