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Flanders front. Gas attack, September, 1917.

German troops load gas projectors. Attempting to exploit a loophole in international laws against the uses of gas in warfare, some German officials noted that only gas projectiles appeared to be specifically banned, and that no prohibition could be…

French soldiers wearing gas masks in a trench, 1917. Gas mask technology varied widely during the war, eventually developing into an effective defense, limiting the value of gas attacks in later years

French Cavalry observe an Army plane fly past

A German Pfalz Dr. I single-seat triplane fighter aircraft, ca. 1918.

A Farman airplane with rockets attached to its struts.

British Mark I tank, apparently painted in camouflage, flanked by infantry soldiers, mules and horses.

American troops aboard French-built Renault FT-17 tanks head for the frontline in the Forest of Argonne, France, on September 26, 1918.

Derelict tanks lie strewn about a chaotic battlefield at Clapham Junction, Ypres, Belgium, ca. 1918.

Telegraph office, room 15, Elysee Palace Hotel, Paris, France, Major R.P. Wheat in charge. September 4, 1918.