Remainders of the Fort Hartenberg. It was demolished in 1920 during the French occupation of Mainz after WW I.

Elmwood is the public cemetery in Wagoner, Oklahoma

The vast majority of US combat casualties occurred in WW II, WW I, Vietnam, and Korea in that order.

The Marshall Plan was a great help for post-war Europe after WW II. What could happen if you chasten the defeated opponent, was seen in the radicalization that took place in Germany in the period between WW I and WW II.

I wasn't aware that Iceland also was a beneficiary of the Marshall Plan. But as obvious with this building, it was. The Marshallhúsið used to be a fishmeal factory and now is converted to a venue for contemporary art and also houses a restaurant.

Reykjavik Harbour #5

Niinisaari forest.

We love Kansas City. . .fabulous bbq, old riverfront market, Nelson-Atkins Art Museum, WW I Memorial, Country Club Plaza, American Jazz Museum. . .not to mention our younger son lives there. . .

Latin Bridge (Latinska ćuprija) - Ottoman bridge over the river Miljacka in Sarajevo, and where the pink building stands is the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by Gavrilo Princip in 1914, which was the starting point of World War I.

Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

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a stitched panorama of part of the 18 hairpins this pass consists of. It has been constructed by the end of WW I by Austria-Hungary using prisioners of war, women and children. It is quite an experience driving through these tunnels and hairpins and the landscape surrounding it is stunning. It is the border between the Veneto region going up to the Dolomites.

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An Otter "Mercator" knife on a piece of mossy wood.

The "Mercator" knives were originally produced since 1867 as allround pocket knives by a company named Heinrich Kaufmann & Söhne, Indiawerk in the town of Solingen. The knife name "Mercator" is the Latin version of the German word "Kaufmann" (family name of the company founder) and was chosen for marketing reasons. The simple and rugged design is therefore well over 150 years old, with a folded steel handle and a 9 cm long lockback blade.

Due to its ruggedness and affordability the knife became rather popular with German troops in WW I and WW II, but it was never officially issued.

After WW II the knife also gained some popularity and abundance in the US because returning soldiers brought them home as war souvenirs. This in turn led there to the wrong belief those knives were official army issue.

Since 1995 the knives are produced by Otter-Messer, also in Solingen, a knife maker with a history dating back to 1840. The town of Solingen itself, recognizable by its nickname Klingenstadt (Blade City), has been the heart of the European blades and cutlery industry since the Middle Ages. Around 90 percent of the entire German knife, scissors and cutlery industry is based in Solingen.

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A WW I memorial:

Fallen soldier on the leftt, guardian soldier on the right.

Restored mural by the painter Vilmos Aba-Novák under the arch.

(Pentax MZ, KFA 35mm f2.0, color negative)

Creative trespass for this selfie (Michael) before the security guards noticed in the National WW I Museum at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City.

At least, if you are a passenger on a commercial flight.

A "Remove before flight" tag, as used on pitot tube covers, static port plugs, gust locks and all the other things one does not want on one's airplane when leaving the ground, attached to an Otter "Mercator" folding knife.

The "Mercator" knives were originally produced since 1867 as allround pocket knives by a company named Heinrich Kaufmann & Söhne, Indiawerk in the town of Solingen. The knife name "Mercator" is the Latin version of the German word "Kaufmann" (family name of the company founder) and was chosen for marketing reasons. The simple and rugged design is therefore well over 150 years old, with a folded steel handle and a 9 cm long lockback blade.

Due to its ruggedness and affordability the knife became rather popular with German troops in WW I and WW II, but it was never officially issued.

After WW II the knife also gained some popularity and abundance in the US because returning soldiers brought them home as war souvenirs. This in turn led there to the wrong belief those knives were official army issue.

Since 1995 the knives are produced by Otter-Messer, also in Solingen, a knife maker with a history dating back to 1840. The town of Solingen itself, recognizable by its nickname Klingenstadt (Blade City), has been the heart of the European blades and cutlery industry since the Middle Ages. Around 90 percent of the entire German knife, scissors and cutlery industry is based in Solingen.

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An Otter "Mercator" knife on a zoom binocular.

The "Mercator" knives were originally produced since 1867 as allround pocket knives by a company named Heinrich Kaufmann & Söhne, Indiawerk in the town of Solingen. The knife name "Mercator" is the Latin version of the German word "Kaufmann" (family name of the company founder) and was chosen for marketing reasons. The simple and rugged design is therefore well over 150 years old, with a folded steel handle and a 9 cm long lockback blade.

Due to its ruggedness and affordability the knife became rather popular with German troops in WW I and WW II, but it was never officially issued.

After WW II the knife also gained some popularity and abundance in the US because returning soldiers brought them home as war souvenirs. This in turn led there to the wrong belief those knives were official army issue.

Since 1995 the knives are produced by Otter-Messer, also in Solingen, a knife maker with a history dating back to 1840. The town of Solingen itself, recognizable by its nickname Klingenstadt (Blade City), has been the heart of the European blades and cutlery industry since the Middle Ages. Around 90 percent of the entire German knife, scissors and cutlery industry is based in Solingen.

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We came across this on a hike in Rheinhessen's wine area. This memorial is called the Adlerdenkmal (Eagle Monument) and was erected in 1915 while WW I still was on. The inscription reads "To honor the fallen, to teach the foes". The whole thing appears to be an enthusiastic amateur effort done with rocks lying around in the vineyards. After the war finished, seemingly nobody wanted to have to do anything with it anymore as no-one even cared to update the years WW I lasted.

At the TICO Warbird Airshow, Spacecoast Regional Airport, March 13 2016

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150 kV power station, Lloydstraat, Rotterdam.

Artist (2017): Jos Looise.

Paintjob is inspired by WW I naval camouflage

The War to End All Wars is how World War I was often referred to, I image when the World War I Memorial opened in 1926 that everyone who was there including US President Calvin Coolidge genuinely believed that, not knowing that a Second World War would occur is what really was a short time span afterwards. Regardless the WW I Memorial and Museum perched on a hill above Kansas Cities Historic Union Station overlooking the Kansas City Missouri skyline is a marvelous structure. This view with the dusk skies I was able to capture while capturing images of the skyline because my ever vigilant sweet damsel spotted the wonderful contrast of the lighted monument against the sky of dusk. My sweet lady has a wonderful photographic eye and for that & many many other wonderful things I feel fortunate and blessed to have her in my life. This image from yesterday evening in Kansas City Missouri. - [x] #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @kehcamera @mpbcom @visitkc @visitmo @wwiimemorial #omd #microfourthirds #micro43photography #wwimemorial

Miles came home from college for the first time last weekend. We ended up at Fort Funston, but the hang gliders weren't happening on account of the fog. We found the old WW I concrete batteries down on the beach. Temmodog couldn't figure out a way to get up there to be with his boy (traction issues), so he ran around in semi-circles.

Fun fact: The world's longest Frisbee throw occurred here in 2003 = an Aerobie that glided 1,333 ft. (1/4 mile).

An Otter "Mercator" knife on a weathered tree stump.

The "Mercator" knives were originally produced since 1867 as allround pocket knives by a company named Heinrich Kaufmann & Söhne, Indiawerk in the town of Solingen. The knife name "Mercator" is the Latin version of the German word "Kaufmann" (family name of the company founder) and was chosen for marketing reasons. The simple and rugged design is therefore well over 150 years old, with a folded steel handle and a 9 cm long lockback blade.

Due to its ruggedness and affordability the knife became rather popular with German troops in WW I and WW II, but it was never officially issued.

After WW II the knife also gained some popularity and abundance in the US because returning soldiers brought them home as war souvenirs. This in turn led there to the wrong belief those knives were official army issue.

Since 1995 the knives are produced by Otter-Messer, also in Solingen, a knife maker with a history dating back to 1840. The town of Solingen itself, recognizable by its nickname Klingenstadt (Blade City), has been the heart of the European blades and cutlery industry since the Middle Ages. Around 90 percent of the entire German knife, scissors and cutlery industry is based in Solingen.

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. . . April, 1917, America entered WW I -- the "War to End All Wars" (it didn't). . .38 million military and civilians perished. This is the National WW I Memorial and Museum in Kansas City, with a red Fokker and Sopwith Camel flying over. . .

Cresta di Costabella from Cima della Campagnaccia. In the background, left to right, Gran Vernel, Marmolada and Cima Uomo.

This crest was a battlefield during WW I between Austrians and Italians. The Austrians trenches are still visible

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Graves from WW I on Frankfurt's main cemetery.

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Birch trees in spring on Frankfurt's main cemetery close to the burial ground from WW I.

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Fort Baker is a historic army post located in the Marin Headlands. The post, built between 1902 and 1910, is one of the park's best examples of the army's “Endicott Period” military construction, named after the late 19th century Secretary of War, William C. Endicott.

Sausalito, Marin County, San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California, USA

The impressive Rijksmuseum, the Dutch National Museum, fully lives up to its promotion and should be high up on your list of things to see if you visit Amsterdam. Adding much to its attraction is its beautiful 1880s building, a pleasing combination of both Renaissance and Gothic styles. I've been to many museums in my lifetime, some so hyped up but utterly forgettable that I don't even bother with a photo, but the Rijksmuseum is worth your time.

True, you will "see a lot of paintings of dead people", but those paintings are some of the most impressive you will ever see, including "The Night Watch" on full display. The artwork is massive and very effectively sucks you into its hectic atmosphere. More than just the paintings of Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Vermeer, the museum has beautiful stained glass windows, sculptures, interesting artifacts and even a rare Dutch WW I aircraft.

The shot: How times change...Pre-COVID, when the "I AMsterdam" tourism campaign was in full swing, I went to this amazing city on a business trip, and took a few days of time off to see the sights, and an old friend up in Dan Helder. Almost everywhere I went in this incredible city, the sign was ubiquitous as the drive for tourism was in full swing. Now, the city is deliberately de-emphasizing tourism as a victim of its own success...just prior to the pandemic it was swamped at night with drunken idiots and its lovely canals jammed with tourists during the day. Just two months after I took this photo, the Rijksmuseum removed its famous I AMsterdam sign.

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Galetta is a village in eastern Ontario, Canada, located near the mouth of the Mississippi River where it flows into the Ottawa River. Once part of Fitzroy Township and later West Carleton Township, it is now part of the City of Ottawa.

Like many settlements in the Ottawa Valley, Galetta had its origin when private entrepreneurs sought to exploit the power potential of its rivers for driving a commercial mill.The area was first settled in 1823 when Andrew Forbes settled on the 6th Line about a mile east of Galetta. James Riddell also settled on the 6th Line at the Mississippi as did Joshua Burr and James Steen. James Hubbell leased the land on which the water privileges at the falls were located. After some 20 years, however, Hubbell had done nothing to develop the potential of the falls and he sold the rights to James Steen .

James Steen built a mill at the falls and the area was renamed Steen’s Falls. Hubbell later re-acquired the rights but subsequently re-sold those rights to James Galetti Whyte who began woolen manufacturing. The village name was changed to Galetta (after Whyte’s mother’s name).

In the 1870s the village included a store, a grist mill, a woolen mill, a carding and spinning mill, a shingle mill, and a cooperage. As well, there was a potash works on the island in the Mississippi River. At this time both Galetta and Mohrs Corner were competing for recognition as the centre of the local area.

Considerable prosperity came to the Village of Galetta when the Arnprior and Parry Sound railway was completed in 1893. The local Post Office that was originally located in Mohrs Corner then moved to Galetta and the Town Hall in Mohrs Corner was moved in 1897.

The Galetta Electric Light Company was formed in 1907 to provide electricity for the Town of Arnprior. This powerhouse subsequently provided power locally to the Village of Galetta and to the Kingdon Mine. The Kingdon Lead Mine brought another wave of economic boom to the area when it was re-activated in 1914 to meet the demand for lead during WW I. The mine then operated continually until it was closed in 1931.

Once a centre of thriving industries, Galetta is now a peaceful village that is home mostly to young people who work elsewhere and to retirees who have been drawn to this picturesque location on the Mississippi River.

Famous place in the Ampezzo Dolomites, where the front line of WW I was situated.

There is an open air museum with trenches and baracks of the italian army around this bizarre group of rocks.

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German Spandau Machine Gun: Located in a public park, in the Village of Burk's Falls. This was captured from the Germans during World War I, and donated to the community by the Royal Canadian Legion in 1983.

Paying the ferryman -in Greek mythology../Charron was paid to give safe passage to the souls of dead across the river Styx in the mythic underworld. I have used a WW I era German notgeld coin for this image, set on the head of David.

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Barracks of His Imperial Majesty's Own Convoy

Huge barrack complex of Life-Guard His Emperor’s Majesty Own Convoy. His Majesty Own Convoy always followed Russian Imperial Family, and when Emperor Alexander II (1818-1881) decided to live in Tsarskoye Selo then Convoy was partially redeployed there and billited in provisional wooden barracks. Present barracks were constructed in 1914-1915 by architect Vladimir Maksimov (1882-1942). Barracks were badly damaged during WW II and Nazi occupation in 1941-1944 but were restored in 1954-1957. Building was granted to the Agricultural Academy. During WW I, Convoy consisted of four Sotnyas (squadrons), Life-Guard 1st and 2nd Sotnyas were brought to strength with Kuban Cossacks and Life-Guard 3rd and 4th Sotnyas with Tersky Cossacks. Two Sotnyas guarded Imperial Family in Tsarskoye Selo and another two guarded emperor in his HQ in Mogiliov. Life-Guard 5th Composite Sotnya was formed during WW I and was fighting at fronts of WW I, as ordinary cavalry unit rotating its personnel between other sotnyas.

One of a trio of Mercedes racers who went 1-2-3 at the 1914 French Grand Prix, considered the last great race as WW I broke out a month later. The race consisted of 20 laps around the challenging Lyon Circuit, which was known for hairpin corners and rapid elevation changes that truly tested an automobile’s full capabilities, this in an era of dismal brakes (usually only 2 wheel). A total of 37 entries representing Belgium, England, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland set off in pairs at 30 second intervals, but only 11 crossed the finish line that day.

In an amazing display of superiority, Mercedes finished one-two-three.

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Feldmoching, Munich

The historic Calvary Baptist Church in Chinatown in the United States Capital Washington DC opened in 1866, designed by German native Adolf Cluss. The Calvary Baptist Church was formed in 1962 during the American Civil War when a group of prominent Baptists (12 men & 13 women) sided with the Union opposing slavery many form the E Street Baptist Church. The spire that is in this image was a landmark for the fledgling capital for many years until a major lightning storm in 1914 created damage that at that time could not be repaired. It was restored in 2005 , was a replacement along with the belfry. The congregation has an amazing track record of benevolence post-Civil War, in 1889 the church began Sunday school classes for the Chinese Community, founded a Chinese YMCA in 1908, was in opposition to the 1924 Oriental Exclusion Act, was a key enabler of supporting women that began moving to DC to fill jobs during WW I and integrated in 1954 many years before most congregations. OM System Olympus OM-D EM-1 Mark III Olympus M.Zuiko PRO 12-40 mm f/2.8 #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @kehcamera @mpbcom @tenbabags @visitwashingtondc #olympus #olympusphotography #microfournerds #microfourthirds #micro43photography #micro43

a stitched panorama of part of the 18 hairpins this pass consists of. It has been constructed by the end of WW I by Austria-Hungary using prisioners of war, women and children. It is quite an experience driving through these tunnels and hairpins and the landscape surrounding it is stunning. It is the border between the Veneto region going up to the Dolomites.

One of three batteries that comprise Fort Baldwin in Phippsburg, Maine. It is located on a ridge that overlooks the mouth of the Kennebec River. It was constructed between 1905-19. Some of the armaments were removed and sent to Europe during WW I. It was disarmed in 1924 and given to the State of Maine. During WW II new concrete pads, as seen here, were poured for new artillery. At the end of the war it was returned to the State of Maine. HSfS

S.S. Palo Alto

WW I Era Concrete Ship

Casper Yeager, WW I and II...passed at 80 !!!

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It was a tribute to every single life lost in WW I ...

One ceramic poppy for every life lost.

Wow, there were lots and lots of it.

And the role call was sad, very sad.

And we still insiste in waging war.

Give peace a chance folks.

Pictured here is the foyer. Palace of Culture in Targu Mures is a masterpiece of Art Nouveau art and architecture. It was built in early XX century on the initiative of the mayor Gyorgy Bernady as a monument to Hungarian civilization; for some odd reason, photography is prohibited in the most beautiful room of the Palace, the Hall of Mirrors famous for stained glass panels depicting Hungarian fairy tales. Why Hungarian theme in a city in the middle of Romania? Prior to WW I the city, called then Muresvasarhely, was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, and even now roughly half of its citizens are ethnic Hungarians.

На фото - фойе. Дворец Культуры города Тыргу-Муреш является шедевром искусства и архитектуры Модерна. Он был построен в начале ХХ века по инициативе мэра Дьордя Бернадя как монумент венгерской цивилизации; по какой-то странной причине, фотография запрещена в самой красивой комнате дворца, Зеркальном Зале, известном благодаря витражам на мотивы венгерских сказок. Почему венгерская тема в городе, расположенном в центре Румынии? До Первой Мировой войны Тыргу-Муреш, известный прежде как Муревашархей, принадлежал Венгрии и по сей день примерно половина его жителей - этнические венгры.

Verrizano Narrows Bridge, NYC. Shot from the overlook above Battery Weed at Fort Richmond. Most people have no idea how fortified NY harbor was in WW I & 2 as all the fortifications were hidden. The heaviest fortifications had 16-inch guns that could accurately fire just over 6 miles out into the Atlantic. In the 1960's the 16-inch guns were replaced by Minuteman missiles.

This is the last picture of the Gallipoli series. The series shows pictures that were taken at Te Papa National Museum in Wellington, New Zealand.

I found the size and quality of the figures amazing that represent soldiers and other people involved in the siege of Gallipoli, Turkey by ANZAC troups.

Please find a blog article with pictures that show the scale of the depicted figures on my website.

www.chris-r-photography.net/blog/2020/1/7/gallipoli

Peaceful use of a WW I Bunker

In addition to the wonderful old town architecture in Mons, Belgium, there is also an amazing Memorial Museum with WW I and WW II exhibits.

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