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Captivating historical images on 100th anniversary of WWI

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Monday, July 28, 2014
Phosphorous flare during battle.
Wounded soldiers being transported by the British Red Cross.
Crowd gathers outside U.S. Treasury building to listen to radio broadcast.
German artillery train travelling to the coast.
U.S. soldiers firing heavy artillery.
A cemetery constructed on the battleground in Belgium during WWI.
British soldiers sit on top of a railway gun in the Battle of Langemarck.
Troops firing over a trench in an American offensive during WWI.
British soliders preparing for an impending attack.
An American soldier throwing a grenade during battle in France.
View inside French fortress with soldiers resting.
German naval ship firing a round during Battle of Jutland.
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Captivating historical images on 100th anniversary of WWIPhosphorous flare during battle.
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100 years ago today, the world changed forever with the start of World War I. What started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria escalated into the deadliest global conflict ever seen in the world at that time, with more than 9 million deaths.

Involving all of the great economic and political powers on the globe, World War I laid the foundation for WWII, and in process, the framework for our current societal, economic and geopolitical landscape. Check out these images of the war that would forever change the world.

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