ww1

By corbinbell

  • Machine Gun

    Machine Gun
    The first automatic machine gun was created in 1884 by Hiram maxim the machine gun was used by every power country in WW1 and was cooled by a water jacket.

  • assassination of archduke

    assassination of archduke
    in 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. The killings sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I

  • A house

    A house
    In a battle that force fought in he took a picture of one of the building that got hit by a bomb.

  • The Battle Of The Somme

    The Battle Of The Somme
    In the battle of the Somme Germany and British were fighting . British came out the trenches to fight and got destroyed by machine guns and rifle fire 19,240 Britons died.

  • Battle of Fromelles

    Battle of Fromelles
    The battle of Fromelles on 19 July 1916 was a bloody initiation for Australian soldiers to warfare on the Western Front. Soldiers of the newly arrived 5th Australian Division, together with the British 61st Division were ordered to attack strongly fortified German front line

  • old glory

    old glory
    William was a military officer and in 1918 he went to italy he said every time they seen old glory they would all take off their hats as they seen old glory pass by.

  • 2nd battle of the Marne

    2nd battle of the Marne
    On July 18 the German offensive was called off just as a great Allied counter offensive began that same day. Allied troops attacked the Germans large Marne salient.taking the Germans by surprise three days later the Germans retreated.

  • message from hospital

    message from hospital
    The soldiers of group Q.M hospital gave his group all their wishes during Christmas time and it was good feeling between men and soldiers.

  • Return

    Return
    On 6-5-1919 Forbe was ordered to go to Brest France for his return to the USA with other soldiers of his group .

  • treaty of Versailles

    treaty of Versailles
    peace document signed at the end of World War I by the Allied and associated powers and by Germany in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles.

  • Letter

    Letter
    Forbes got a letter from John J. Pershing that was congratulating him for the successful conclusion of the war