World War I (1914-1918) was a global conflict primarily between the Allied Powers (including France, the UK, Russia, and later the US) and the Central Powers (mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). The war began due to a complex web of alliances, nationalism, militarism, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. It was characterized by trench warfare, massive loss of life, and technological advancements in weaponry.
The war ended with the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, which imposed harsh penalties on Germany and redrew the map of Europe, setting the stage for World War II.
These powerful photos from an album of World War I-related photos in the William Okell Holden Dodds fonds. Brigadier General Dodds joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1914 and was commanding officer of the 5th Canadian Division Artillery and served in France from 1917-1918. He passed away on August 25, 1934.
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| Ammunition loading station, narrow gauge railway |
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| Belgian artillery |
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| Belgium. Cloth Hall, Ypres, after bombardment |
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| Belgium. Cloth Hall, Ypres, before bombardment |
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| Belgium. Hotel de Ville, Leuven |
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| Belgium. Mons |
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| Belgium. On the way home from Belgium |
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| Bivouac, Thursley Common |
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| Calonne |
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| England. Changing the guard at Whitehall (1st Life Guards) |
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| England. Driver training (thought to be in the Witley area) |
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| France. Ablain-Saint-Nazaire (West of Souchez and Lens) |
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| France. Ablain-Saint-Nazaire |
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| France. Albert Cathedral showing "Golden Virgin" hanging |
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| France. Amiens |
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| France. Arras Cathedral |
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| France. Arras |
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| France. Artillery corner, Lievin |
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| France. Base camp at Le Havre |
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| France. Bourlon village |
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| France. Canadian Brigadier General (V.W. Odlum), machine gunner, reconnaissance tank (Whippet) |
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| France. Canadian Corps, Thanksgiving service and reception by the people of Denain |
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| France. Canadian siege gun being loaded |
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| France. Canadian transport passing a church near Vimy Ridge |
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| France. Canadians constructing a bridge on the road to Cambrai |
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| France. Canal de l'Escart, Cambrai |
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| France. Douai, market place |
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| France. French war dogs at Lille |
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| France. German prisoners at Lille |
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| France. Grand Place, Cambrai |
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| France. Hotel de Ville, Arras |
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| France. Lievin (near Lens) |
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| France. Lille, general view |
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| France. Napoo corner, Lievin |
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| France. Ronville, Arras suburb |
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| France. Square at Cambrai |
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| France. Valenciennes, railway station |
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| France. Villers-Bretonneux |
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| French troops at Mayence |
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| German P.O.W.'s with Canadians |
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| Germany. 6 inch Howitzer at Bonn |
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| Germany. Cologne |
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| Measles, troops in quarantine |
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| Menin Road showing shell holes |
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| Passchendaele, destroyed tank in graveyard |
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| Passchendaele, graveyard in the mud |
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| Somme, showing field kitchen |
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| Souchez, destroyed sugar refinery (near Ablain St. Nazaire) |
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| Vickers machine gun |
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| Wooden road, bringing up supplies, originally for the Battle of Vimy Ridge |
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