Out of all the times to be alive, 1914-1918 wasn't it. Modernizing military technology combined with archaic tactics and life in the trenches to produce hellish living conditions during the "war to end all wars."
Off the front lines, women worked hard to keep the military industrial complex moving while fighting for suffrage.
Here are 23 photos of what life looked like during World War I. (It's not good.)
1
The United States Army in Britain
Playing craps in 1918.
2
A French Battlefield
American soldiers in France, 1979.
3
Dallas Love Field
Testing for Spanish flu in 1918.
4
In the Trench
Soldiers in 1915.
5
National Baby Week
Moms in 1916.
6
The United States Army in France
Marching in 1918.
7
Arms Production
London in 1918.
8
Canned Foods Factory
Processes of canning in the United States, 1917.
9
“Fun” in a Trench
Soldiers in 1915.
10
Pennsylvania Suffragists
Protesting in 1917.
11
United States Marine Corps
Infantry and cavalry in action, May 29, 1917.
12
Troops of the 342nd Infantry Regiment
Boarding the USS CHARLES on their way from England to France.
13
64 African American soldiers of the 24th Infantry Regiment
On trial for mutiny and murder. The largest murder trial in American history. 1917.
14
The Japanese Mission to the United States
In front of the Belmont residence in Washington, 1917.
15
The Royal Navy
Newspapers for the fleet.
16
Filling Balloons
Defense in WWI.
17
US 64th Regiment
Celebrating the Armistice, November, 1918.
18
United States Federal Reserve
Board meeting in 1917.
19
The Shipbuilding Industry
English women during WWI.
20
Meyer, Otto
A Jewish German soldier.
21
Suffrage Headquarters
Bangor Maine, September, 1917.
22
Italian Soldiers
In the trench, 1918.
23
Freshening Up
A trench in 1916.
