Category: World War 1 photos of death

This article and photo. of a World War 1 hip flask that has been struck by a bullet has a story of survival and tragedy to tell – and an analysis of a WW1 bullet wound.
It is believed that the …

This photo. of a dead World War 1 German soldier seems to show that he was killed by artillery fire because he has suffered from a head wound that would almost certainly have been fatal.
The wound, a semi circular wound …

This photo of a dead World War 1 soldier in a fox hole suggests that he was killed by a wound to the back of the head as a wound can be seen there.
It looks as if it is a …

It’s difficult to identify the nationality of this dead soldier who was killed in World War 1 and is in an advanced state of decomposition.
Usually the helmet or uniform gives a clue but to the nationality of the fallen but …

A photo of a German soldier killed in battle during World War 1 while holding or preparing to throw a hand grenade and with his rifle lying nearby.
He can easily be identified as a German soldier by the type of …

This photo of a dead French soldier being killed in action during World War 1 may be genuine but I seem to recall there is some doubt about its authenticity, whether it is a fake
Even if it is a fake, …

A photo of a dead World War 1 soldier whose body is hanging on some barbed wire and who was almost certainly killed while trying to climb over the barbed wire to attack the enemy.
There is another dead soldier in …

A photo of a dead World War 1 soldier hanging in a tree. He was almost certainly killed by artillery fire, the explosion of the shell blasting him into the tree
It is impossible to identify his nationality because most of …

A photo of a group of dead World War 1 German soldiers, who might possibly have been killed by an artillery shell exploding in or over their trench.
The canvas lying nearby suggests that they used it to shelter from the …

A photo of dead World War 1 soldiers who were killed in a valley, possibly after being fired on from one end of the valley in what is sometimes called enfilade, or being enfiladed
To avoid being in an enfilade situation …