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Nov 27 1916 Near Hartlepool, UK, Imperial German Army Zeppelin LZ 78 (L-34) shot down by British pilot 2nd Lt Ian Pyott. His bullets ignited the hydrogen, "like a massive fiery torch which lit up the night for miles around, she plunged into the sea." https://t.co/5yfUSsUCsB

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Mar 27 1918 Canadian pilot Alan Arnett McLeod's plane was on fire so to keep away from the flames he flew the plane from wing. Survived landing and awarded was but died months later Nov 6 1918 from Spanish Flu. Painting by Merv Corning.
https://t.co/ykECAzdJVV

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Oct 29 1917 In shell-torn Chateau Wood, Belgium, Frank Hurley photo, AWM E01220, of 5 members of a field artillery brigade, 4th Australian Division artillery units, (AIF), passing along a duckboard track over mud and water among tree trunks (1/4)
Colourized by Joshua Barrett

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Oct 8 1918 During the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, American hero Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132, actions for which he is awarded the Medal of Honor. Scene painted by Frank Schoonover https://t.co/IHF8nvQjWS

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Aug 29 1916 At Pont-Arcy, France, this photo, IWM Q 49094, shows a using a periscope attachment fitted to butt of rifle. The image has been colourized by
2nd photo shows Poilu operating a periscope rifle, colourized by Irootoko Jr. https://t.co/zFv9LmAIBM

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In the background seem to be photos of the Zeebrugge Raid, First Ostend Raid and Second Ostend Raid including IWM Q 20648B?

Challenge! Can you find the rest?
these should be easier than the last one.
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The warship was named after a French general of the Napoleonic Wars, Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult. As well as looting Europe's art work's he was responsible for the creation of the French Foreign Legion https://t.co/3zEHeXuV0d

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Colliers Magazine Aug 12 1916 publishes this Herbert Paus Cover Art
Utah's Ogden Standard newspaper Sep 13 1915 prints this picture of a British Sub-Lieutenant looking through the periscope of a submarine for Prey. https://t.co/QyWvxoVrAQ

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Jul 21 1915
Tatler publishes photo of British Naval Division in
Illustrated war news - Wounded by allied bomb, a German howitzer lies abandoned in Flanders
Illustrated war news - UK sub HMS E11 sneaks into Constantinople harbour, striking Ottoman ship Stamboul

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Captain Kenneth Keith Forbes creates this painting, CWM 19710261-0142, of a Canadian 6inch howitzer supporting British troops in the attack on Thiepval Jul 16 1916 during the Somme offensive. Note lack of ear protection, causing deafness in vets https://t.co/7CPz6iz0hJ

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