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The Adversaries 1914 - 1918 Uniforms and Equipment

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The Adversaries

1914 - 1918

Uniforms and

Equipment

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19181914The German Soldier

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1914 1918The French Soldier

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1914 1918The British Soldier

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The Russian Soldier1914 1917

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The Scottish

Soldier 1914

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The Belgian Soldier1914 1918

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The American Soldier1917 1918

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The Machine GunnerFrench British

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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!

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Cavalry still existed in

modern warfare =

scouting operations!

The horse on the

battlefield would not

survive the war!

Defeated by static

trench warfare

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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”