/*
 * Plugin Name: APCu Object Cache
 * Description: APCu backend for the WP Object Cache.
 * Based on Plugin named APCu Object Cache Backend
 * Plugin URI: https://wordpress.org/plugins/apcu/
 * Author: Pierre Schmitz
 * Author URI: https://pierre-schmitz.com/
 * Plugin URI: https://wordpress.org/plugins/apcu/
 *
 *
 * @Authors James Dugger, Jonathan Bardo
 * @copyright 2017 GoDaddy Inc. 14455 N. Hayden Road Scottsdale, Arizona
 */

$oc_logged_in = false;

foreach ( $_COOKIE as $k => $v ) {

	if ( preg_match( '/^comment_author|wordpress_logged_in_[a-f0-9]+|woocommerce_items_in_cart|PHPSESSID_|edd_wp_session|edd_items_in_cartcc_cart_key|ccm_token/', $k ) ) {

		$oc_logged_in = true;

		break;

	}

}

$oc_blocked_page = ( defined( 'WP_ADMIN' ) || defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) || defined( 'XMLRPC_REQUEST' ) || 'wp-login.php' === basename( $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] ) );

function wpaas_is_using_apcu() {

	return version_compare( PHP_VERSION, '5.6.0', '>=' ) && function_exists( 'apcu_fetch' );

}


if ( 'cli' !== php_sapi_name() && ! $oc_logged_in && ! $oc_blocked_page && wpaas_is_using_apcu() ) :

	/**
	 * Save the transients to the DB.  The explanation is a bit too long
	 * for code.  The tl;dr of it is that we don't have a single 'fast cache'
	 * source yet (like memcached) and so some long lived items like transients
	 * are still best cached in the db and then brought back into APC
	 *
	 * @param string  $transient
	 * @param mixed   $value
	 * @param int     $expire
	 * @param boolean $site = false
	 *
	 * @return bool
	 */
	function wpaas_save_transient( $transient, $value, $expire, $site = false ) {
		global $wp_object_cache, $wpdb;

		// The 'special' transient option names
		$transient_timeout = ( $site ? '_site' : '' ) . '_transient_timeout_' . $transient;
		$transient         = ( $site ? '_site' : '' ) . '_transient_' . $transient;

		// Cap expiration at 24 hours to avoid littering the DB
		if ( $expire == 0 ) {
			$expire = 24 * 60 * 60;
		}

		// Save to object cache
		$wp_object_cache->set( $transient, $value, 'options', $expire );
		$wp_object_cache->set( $transient_timeout, time() + $expire, 'options', $expire );

		// Update alloptions
		$alloptions                       = $wp_object_cache->get( 'alloptions', 'options' );
		$alloptions[ $transient ]         = $value;
		$alloptions[ $transient_timeout ] = time() + $expire;
		$wp_object_cache->set( 'alloptions', $alloptions, 'options' );

		// Use the normal update option logic
		if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
			$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
			$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
			if ( $site && is_multisite() ) {
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"INSERT INTO `{$wpdb->sitemeta}` ( `option_name`, `option_value`, `autoload` ) VALUES ( %s, UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ) + %d, 'yes' ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `option_name` = VALUES ( `option_name` ), `option_value` = VALUES ( `option_value` ), `autoload` = VALUES ( `autoload` );",
						$transient_timeout,
						$expire
					)
				);
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"INSERT INTO `{$wpdb->sitemeta}` ( `option_name`, `option_value`, `autoload` ) VALUES ( %s, %s, 'no' ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `option_name` = VALUES ( `option_name` ), `option_value` = VALUES ( `option_value` ), `autoload` = VALUES ( `autoload` );",
						$transient,
						maybe_serialize( $value )
					)
				);
			} else {
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"INSERT INTO `{$wpdb->options}` (`option_name`, `option_value`, `autoload`) VALUES ( %s, UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ) + %d, 'yes' ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `option_name` = VALUES ( `option_name` ), `option_value` = VALUES ( `option_value` ), `autoload` = VALUES ( `autoload` );",
						$transient_timeout,
						$expire
					)
				);
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"INSERT INTO `{$wpdb->options}` (`option_name`, `option_value`, `autoload`) VALUES ( %s, %s, 'no' ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `option_name` = VALUES ( `option_name` ), `option_value` = VALUES ( `option_value` ), `autoload` = VALUES ( `autoload` );",
						$transient,
						maybe_serialize( $value )
					)
				);
			}
			$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
		}

		return true;
	}

	function wpaas_prune_transients() {
		global $wpdb;

		if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb && function_exists( 'is_main_site' ) && function_exists( 'is_main_network' ) ) {

			$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
			$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );

			// Lifted straight from schema.php

			// Deletes all expired transients.
			// The multi-table delete syntax is used to delete the transient record from table a,
			// and the corresponding transient_timeout record from table b.
			$time = time();
			$wpdb->query( "DELETE a, b FROM $wpdb->options a, $wpdb->options b WHERE
		a.option_name LIKE '\_transient\_%' AND
		a.option_name NOT LIKE '\_transient\_timeout\_%' AND
		b.option_name = CONCAT( '_transient_timeout_', SUBSTRING( a.option_name, 12 ) )
		AND b.option_value < $time" );

			if ( is_main_site() && is_main_network() ) {
				$wpdb->query( "DELETE a, b FROM $wpdb->options a, $wpdb->options b WHERE
		a.option_name LIKE '\_site\_transient\_%' AND
		a.option_name NOT LIKE '\_site\_transient\_timeout\_%' AND
		b.option_name = CONCAT( '_site_transient_timeout_', SUBSTRING( a.option_name, 17 ) )
		AND b.option_value < $time" );
			}


			$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
		}
	}

	/**
	 * If another cache was flushed or updated, sync across all servers / processes using
	 * the database as the authority.  This uses the database as the authority for timestamps
	 * as well to avoid drift between servers.
	 * @return void
	 */
	function wpaas_init_sync_cache() {

		global $wpdb;

		if ( empty( $wpdb ) || ! ( $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) ) {

			return;

		}

		$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
		$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
		$result = $wpdb->get_results(
			"SELECT option_name, option_value FROM `{$wpdb->options}` WHERE option_name = 'gd_system_last_cache_flush' UNION SELECT 'current_time', UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ) AS option_value;",
			ARRAY_A
		);
		$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );

		if ( empty( $result ) ) {

			return;

		}

		$master_flush = false;

		foreach ( $result as $row ) {

			switch ( $row['option_name'] ) {

				case 'current_time' :
					$current_time = $row['option_value'];
					break;

				case 'gd_system_last_cache_flush' :
					$master_flush = $row['option_value'];
					break;

			}

		}

		$local_flush = wp_cache_get( 'gd_system_last_cache_flush' );

		if ( false === $local_flush || $local_flush < $master_flush ) {

			wp_cache_flush( true );

			wp_cache_set( 'gd_system_last_cache_flush', $current_time );

		}

	}

	/**
	 * Start default implementation of object cache
	 */

	if ( ! defined( 'WP_APC_KEY_SALT' ) ) {

		define( 'WP_APC_KEY_SALT', '' );

	}

	function wp_cache_add( $key, $data, $group = '', $expire = 0 ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		if ( 'transient' == $group ) {
			wpaas_save_transient( $key, $data, $expire );

			return $wp_object_cache->add( "_transient_$key", $data, 'options', $expire );
		} elseif ( 'site-transient' == $group ) {
			wpaas_save_transient( $key, $data, $expire, true );

			return $wp_object_cache->add( "_site_transient_$key", $data, 'site-options', $expire );
		} else {
			return $wp_object_cache->add( $key, $data, $group, $expire );
		}
	}

	function wp_cache_incr( $key, $n = 1, $group = '' ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		return $wp_object_cache->incr2( $key, $n, $group );
	}

	function wp_cache_decr( $key, $n = 1, $group = '' ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		return $wp_object_cache->decr( $key, $n, $group );
	}

	function wp_cache_close() {
		return true;
	}

	function wp_cache_delete( $key, $group = '' ) {
		global $wp_object_cache, $wpdb;

		if ( 'transient' == $group ) {
			if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
				$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"DELETE FROM `{$wpdb->prefix}options` WHERE option_name IN ( %s, %s );",
						"_transient_{$key}",
						"_transient_timeout_{$key}"
					)
				);
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
			}

			$wp_object_cache->delete( "_transient_timeout_$key", 'options' );

			// Update alloptions
			$alloptions = $wp_object_cache->get( 'alloptions', 'options' );
			unset( $alloptions["_transient_$key"] );
			unset( $alloptions["_transient_timeout_$key"] );
			$wp_object_cache->set( 'alloptions', $alloptions, 'options' );

			return $wp_object_cache->delete( "_transient_$key", 'options' );
		} elseif ( 'site-transient' == $group ) {
			if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
				$table = $wpdb->options;
				if ( is_multisite() ) {
					$table = $wpdb->sitemeta;
				}
				$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"DELETE FROM `{$table}` WHERE option_name IN ( %s, %s );",
						"_transient_{$key}",
						"_transient_timeout_{$key}"
					)
				);
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
			}
			$wp_object_cache->delete( "_transient_timeout_$key", 'site-options' );

			// Update alloptions
			$alloptions = $wp_object_cache->get( 'alloptions', 'options' );
			unset( $alloptions["_site_transient_$key"] );
			unset( $alloptions["_site_transient_timeout_$key"] );
			$wp_object_cache->set( 'alloptions', $alloptions, 'options' );

			return $wp_object_cache->delete( "_site_transient_$key", 'site-options' );
		}

		return $wp_object_cache->delete( $key, $group );
	}

	function wp_cache_flush( $local_flush = false ) {
		global $wp_object_cache, $wpdb;

		if ( ! $local_flush ) {
			if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
				$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
				$wpdb->query( "INSERT INTO `{$wpdb->options}` (`option_name`, `option_value`, `autoload`) VALUES ( 'gd_system_last_cache_flush', UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ), 'no' ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `option_name` = VALUES ( `option_name` ), `option_value` = VALUES ( `option_value` ), `autoload` = VALUES ( `autoload` );" );
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
			}
		}

		return $wp_object_cache->flush();
	}

	function wp_cache_get( $key, $group = '', $force = false ) {
		global $wp_object_cache, $wpdb;

		if ( 'transient' == $group ) {
			$alloptions = $wp_object_cache->get( 'alloptions', 'options' );
			if ( isset( $alloptions["_transient_$key"] ) && isset( $alloptions["_transient_timeout_$key"] ) && $alloptions["_transient_timeout_$key"] > time() ) {
				return maybe_unserialize( $alloptions["_transient_$key"] );
			}
			$transient = $wp_object_cache->get( "_transient_$key", 'options', $force );
			$timeout   = $wp_object_cache->get( "_transient_timeout_$key", 'options', $force );
			if ( false !== $transient && ! empty( $timeout ) && $timeout > time() ) {
				return maybe_unserialize( $transient );
			}
			if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
				$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
				$result = $wpdb->get_results(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"SELECT option_name, option_value FROM `{$wpdb->options}` WHERE option_name IN ( %s, %s ) UNION SELECT 'current_time', UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ) AS option_value;",
						"_transient_{$key}",
						"_transient_timeout_{$key}"
					),
					ARRAY_A
				);
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
				if ( ! empty( $result ) ) {
					$transient    = false;
					$timeout      = false;
					$current_time = time();
					foreach ( $result as $row ) {
						switch ( $row['option_name'] ) {
							case "_transient_$key" :
								$transient = $row['option_value'];
								break;
							case "_transient_timeout_$key" :
								$timeout = $row['option_value'];
								break;
							case 'current_time' :
								$current_time = $row['option_value'];
								break;
						}
					}
					if ( false !== $transient && ! empty( $timeout ) && $timeout > $current_time ) {
						return maybe_unserialize( $transient );
					}
				}
			}

			return false;
		} elseif ( 'site-transient' == $group ) {
			$transient = $wp_object_cache->get( "_site_transient_$key", 'options', $force );
			$timeout   = $wp_object_cache->get( "_site_transient_timeout_$key", 'options', $force );
			if ( false !== $transient && ! empty( $timeout ) && $timeout > time() ) {
				return maybe_unserialize( $transient );
			}
			if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
				$table = $wpdb->options;
				if ( is_multisite() ) {
					$table = $wpdb->sitemeta;
				}
				$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
				$result = $wpdb->get_results(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"SELECT option_name, option_value FROM `{$table}` WHERE option_name IN ( %s, %s ) UNION SELECT 'current_time', UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ) AS option_value;",
						"_site_transient_{$key}",
						"_site_transient_timeout_{$key}"
					),
					ARRAY_A
				);
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
				if ( ! empty( $result ) ) {
					$transient    = false;
					$timeout      = false;
					$current_time = time();
					foreach ( $result as $row ) {
						switch ( $row['option_name'] ) {
							case "_site_transient_$key" :
								$transient = $row['option_value'];
								break;
							case "_site_transient_timeout_$key" :
								$timeout = $row['option_value'];
								break;
							case 'current_time' :
								$current_time = $row['option_value'];
								break;
						}
					}
					if ( false !== $transient && ! empty( $timeout ) && $timeout > $current_time ) {
						return maybe_unserialize( $transient );
					}
				}
			}

			return false;
		} else {
			return $wp_object_cache->get( $key, $group, $force );
		}
	}

	function wp_cache_init() {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		if ( mt_rand( 1, 100 ) == 42 ) {

			wpaas_prune_transients();

		}

		add_action( 'muplugins_loaded', 'wpaas_init_sync_cache' );

		$wp_object_cache = new APCu_Object_Cache();

	}

	function wp_cache_replace( $key, $data, $group = '', $expire = 0 ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		return $wp_object_cache->replace( $key, $data, $group, $expire );
	}

	function wp_cache_set( $key, $data, $group = '', $expire = 0 ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		if ( defined( 'WP_INSTALLING' ) == false ) {
			if ( 'transient' == $group ) {
				return wpaas_save_transient( $key, $data, $expire );
			} elseif ( 'site-transient' == $group ) {
				return wpaas_save_transient( $key, $data, $expire, true );
			} else {
				return $wp_object_cache->set( $key, $data, $group, $expire );
			}
		} else {
			return $wp_object_cache->delete( $key, $group );
		}
	}

	function wp_cache_switch_to_blog( $blog_id ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		return $wp_object_cache->switch_to_blog( $blog_id );
	}

	function wp_cache_add_global_groups( $groups ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		$wp_object_cache->add_global_groups( $groups );
	}

	function wp_cache_add_non_persistent_groups( $groups ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		$wp_object_cache->add_non_persistent_groups( $groups );
	}

	class GD_APCu_Object_Cache {

		private $prefix = '';
		private $local_cache = array();
		private $global_groups = array();
		private $non_persistent_groups = array();
		private $multisite = false;
		private $blog_prefix = '';

		public function __construct() {
			global $table_prefix;

			$this->multisite   = is_multisite();
			$this->blog_prefix = $this->multisite ? get_current_blog_id() . ':' : '';
			$this->prefix      = DB_HOST . '.' . DB_NAME . '.' . $table_prefix;
		}

		private function get_group( $group ) {
			return empty( $group ) ? 'default' : $group;
		}

		private function get_key( $group, $key ) {
			if ( $this->multisite && ! isset( $this->global_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				return $this->prefix . '.' . $group . '.' . $this->blog_prefix . ':' . $key;
			} else {
				return $this->prefix . '.' . $group . '.' . $key;
			}
		}

		public function add( $key, $data, $group = 'default', $expire = 0 ) {
			$group = $this->get_group( $group );
			$key   = $this->get_key( $group, $key );

			if ( function_exists( 'wp_suspend_cache_addition' ) && wp_suspend_cache_addition() ) {
				return false;
			}
			if ( isset( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] ) ) {
				return false;
			}
			// FIXME: Somehow apcu_add does not return false if key already exists
			if ( ! isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) && apcu_exists( $key ) ) {
				return false;
			}

			if ( is_object( $data ) ) {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] = clone $data;
			} else {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] = $data;
			}

			if ( ! isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				return apcu_add( $key, $data, (int) $expire );
			}

			return true;
		}

		public function add_global_groups( $groups ) {
			if ( is_array( $groups ) ) {
				foreach ( $groups as $group ) {
					$this->global_groups[ $group ] = true;
				}
			} else {
				$this->global_groups[ $groups ] = true;
			}
		}

		public function add_non_persistent_groups( $groups ) {
			if ( is_array( $groups ) ) {
				foreach ( $groups as $group ) {
					$this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] = true;
				}
			} else {
				$this->non_persistent_groups[ $groups ] = true;
			}
		}

		public function decr( $key, $offset = 1, $group = 'default' ) {
			if ( $offset < 0 ) {
				return $this->incr( $key, abs( $offset ), $group );
			}

			$group = $this->get_group( $group );
			$key   = $this->get_key( $group, $key );

			if ( isset( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] ) && $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] - $offset >= 0 ) {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] -= $offset;
			} else {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] = 0;
			}

			if ( isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				return $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ];
			} else {
				$value = apcu_dec( $key, $offset );
				if ( $value < 0 ) {
					apcu_store( $key, 0 );

					return 0;
				}

				return $value;
			}
		}

		public function delete( $key, $group = 'default', $force = false ) {
			$group = $this->get_group( $group );
			$key   = $this->get_key( $group, $key );

			unset( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] );
			if ( ! isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				return apcu_delete( $key );
			}

			return true;
		}

		public function flush() {
			$this->local_cache = array();
			// TODO: only clear our own entries
			apcu_clear_cache();

			return true;
		}

		public function get( $key, $group = 'default', $force = false, &$found = null ) {
			$group = $this->get_group( $group );
			$key   = $this->get_key( $group, $key );

			if ( ! $force && isset( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] ) ) {
				$found = true;
				if ( is_object( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] ) ) {
					return clone $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ];
				} else {
					return $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ];
				}
			} elseif ( isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				$found = false;

				return false;
			} else {
				$value = @apcu_fetch( $key, $found );
				if ( $found ) {
					if ( $force ) {
						$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] = $value;
					}

					return $value;
				} else {
					return false;
				}
			}
		}

		public function incr2( $key, $offset = 1, $group = 'default' ) {
			if ( $offset < 0 ) {
				return $this->decr( $key, abs( $offset ), $group );
			}

			$group = $this->get_group( $group );
			$key   = $this->get_key( $group, $key );

			if ( isset( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] ) && $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] + $offset >= 0 ) {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] += $offset;
			} else {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] = 0;
			}

			if ( isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				return $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ];
			} else if ( function_exists( 'apcu_inc' ) ) {
				$value = apcu_inc( $key, $offset );
				if ( $value < 0 ) {
					apcu_store( $key, 0 );

					return 0;
				}

				return $value;
			}

			return false;
		}

		public function replace( $key, $data, $group = 'default', $expire = 0 ) {
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5691" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bizarre-photos.jpg" alt="bizarre photos" width="1200" height="900" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bizarre-photos.jpg 1200w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bizarre-photos-300x225.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bizarre-photos-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bizarre-photos-768x576.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bizarre-photos-360x270.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" />Old bizarre photos publication is always a special thing for an Oldpics editor. It’s not that easy to select and categorize properly noteworthy pictures. How should you arrange for them? By photographer&#8217;s name, subject, time frame, location, and so on. But sometimes unexpected help comes! Like Rob Moorees, who archived the notable and bizarre photos for decades. His selection criteria seem to be ‘the stranger, the better.’</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">His bizarre photos selection features both a photo of Hitler in Tyrolean shorts, a dinner for soldiers with crippled faces, and a married American nine-year-old girl with her twenty-two-year-old guy. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Most of these bizarre photos are documentary, but they grab the attention of the casual viewer.</span></p>
<h3>Unforgettable archive photos</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rob Moorees describes the origin of his collection as follows. He was called to digitize the large Dutch archive &#8220;Spaarnestad&#8221; located on the outskirts of Amsterdam. As he was finding more and more amazing and bizarre photos in the archive, Rob as permission to separate them from the rest. As a result, the researcher saved up an impressive amount of unusual photos on his laptop and began to publish them on the Internet and specialized magazines.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rob even organized few exhibitions and printed a photo album titled “Life is a strange thing.” Moorees emphasizes that he deliberately did not categorize his bizarre photos according to any criteria. He wants each of the photographs in his archive to be not just part of a series or a thematic collection, but to have an inherent personality and self-worth in the photo. This effect is enhanced because most of the photographs in the archive belong to unknown photographers. Muris compares this situation with the works of the great artists of the past. We don’t remember anything about them but their paintings, their masterpieces, their vision of the world…</span></p>
<h3>Read more: <a href="https://oldpics.net/100-most-important-pictures-in-history/">100 most important pictures in history</a></h3>
<div id="attachment_5641" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5641" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5641" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-circus-performer-in-an-aquarium-car-with-crocodiles.-Berlin-1933.jpg" alt="A circus performer in an aquarium car with crocodiles" width="1000" height="711" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-circus-performer-in-an-aquarium-car-with-crocodiles.-Berlin-1933.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-circus-performer-in-an-aquarium-car-with-crocodiles.-Berlin-1933-300x213.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-circus-performer-in-an-aquarium-car-with-crocodiles.-Berlin-1933-768x546.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-circus-performer-in-an-aquarium-car-with-crocodiles.-Berlin-1933-360x256.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5641" class="wp-caption-text">A circus performer in an aquarium car with crocodiles, Berlin, 1933</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5653" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5653" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5653" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/An-iron-man-of-the-past-in-a-diving-suit-of-the-same-name-with-electric-charging-and-pressure-protection-systems.-New-York-1907-.jpg" alt="An iron man of the past in a diving suit of the same name with electric charging and pressure protection systems. New York, 1907" width="700" height="902" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/An-iron-man-of-the-past-in-a-diving-suit-of-the-same-name-with-electric-charging-and-pressure-protection-systems.-New-York-1907-.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/An-iron-man-of-the-past-in-a-diving-suit-of-the-same-name-with-electric-charging-and-pressure-protection-systems.-New-York-1907--233x300.jpg 233w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/An-iron-man-of-the-past-in-a-diving-suit-of-the-same-name-with-electric-charging-and-pressure-protection-systems.-New-York-1907--360x464.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5653" class="wp-caption-text">An iron man of the past in a diving suit. The suit&#8217;s name was &#8216;Iron man&#8217; too. It had an electric charging and pressure protection systems. New York, 1907</p></div>
<p>Here are some more bizarre diving suits from the past: <a href="https://oldpics.net/not-robot-diving-suit-1911/">It`s not a robot, it was a diving suit in 1911</a></p>
<div id="attachment_5655" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5655" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5655" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Charles-Godefroy-flies-through-the-Arc-de-Triomphe-in-Paris.-The-height-of-the-opening-is-29.42-m-the-width-is-14.62-m.-The-wingspan-of-the-aircraft-is-9-meters-wide.-1919-year.jpg" alt="Charles Godefroy flies through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris." width="1000" height="788" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Charles-Godefroy-flies-through-the-Arc-de-Triomphe-in-Paris.-The-height-of-the-opening-is-29.42-m-the-width-is-14.62-m.-The-wingspan-of-the-aircraft-is-9-meters-wide.-1919-year.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Charles-Godefroy-flies-through-the-Arc-de-Triomphe-in-Paris.-The-height-of-the-opening-is-29.42-m-the-width-is-14.62-m.-The-wingspan-of-the-aircraft-is-9-meters-wide.-1919-year-300x236.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Charles-Godefroy-flies-through-the-Arc-de-Triomphe-in-Paris.-The-height-of-the-opening-is-29.42-m-the-width-is-14.62-m.-The-wingspan-of-the-aircraft-is-9-meters-wide.-1919-year-768x605.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Charles-Godefroy-flies-through-the-Arc-de-Triomphe-in-Paris.-The-height-of-the-opening-is-29.42-m-the-width-is-14.62-m.-The-wingspan-of-the-aircraft-is-9-meters-wide.-1919-year-360x284.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5655" class="wp-caption-text">Charles Godefroy flies through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The height of the opening is 29.42 m, the width is 14.62 m. The wingspan of the aircraft is 9 meters wide, 1919</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5649" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5649" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5649 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-visitor-to-the-catacombs-of-Paris-with-a-candle-in-her-hand-smiles-at-the-large-collection-of-skulls.-1935-.jpg" alt="Bizarre photos of smiling visitor in the Paris' catacombs" width="1000" height="688" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-visitor-to-the-catacombs-of-Paris-with-a-candle-in-her-hand-smiles-at-the-large-collection-of-skulls.-1935-.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-visitor-to-the-catacombs-of-Paris-with-a-candle-in-her-hand-smiles-at-the-large-collection-of-skulls.-1935--300x206.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-visitor-to-the-catacombs-of-Paris-with-a-candle-in-her-hand-smiles-at-the-large-collection-of-skulls.-1935--768x528.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-visitor-to-the-catacombs-of-Paris-with-a-candle-in-her-hand-smiles-at-the-large-collection-of-skulls.-1935--360x248.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5649" class="wp-caption-text">A visitor with a candle in her hand smiles at the large collection of skulls in the catacombs of Paris. 1935</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5642" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5642" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5642" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-crowd-watching-a-British-airship-fly-over-the-port-of-Ostend-during-World-War-I-1914-unknown..jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="785" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-crowd-watching-a-British-airship-fly-over-the-port-of-Ostend-during-World-War-I-1914-unknown..jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-crowd-watching-a-British-airship-fly-over-the-port-of-Ostend-during-World-War-I-1914-unknown.-300x236.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-crowd-watching-a-British-airship-fly-over-the-port-of-Ostend-during-World-War-I-1914-unknown.-768x603.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-crowd-watching-a-British-airship-fly-over-the-port-of-Ostend-during-World-War-I-1914-unknown.-360x283.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5642" class="wp-caption-text">A crowd watching a British airship fly over the port of Ostend during WWI, 1914</p></div>
<h3>See more: <a href="https://oldpics.net/wwi-german-submarine-on-the-beach/">WWI German submarine on the beach</a>.</h3>
<div id="attachment_5650" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5650" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5650" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Actor-Johnny-Ick-who-was-born-with-an-underdeveloped-lower-torso-poses-for-a-promotional-photo-for-the-famous-movie-22Freaks22.-1932.jpg" alt="Actor Johnny Ick, who was born with an underdeveloped lower torso, poses for a promotional photo for the famous movie Freaks. 1932" width="700" height="851" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Actor-Johnny-Ick-who-was-born-with-an-underdeveloped-lower-torso-poses-for-a-promotional-photo-for-the-famous-movie-22Freaks22.-1932.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Actor-Johnny-Ick-who-was-born-with-an-underdeveloped-lower-torso-poses-for-a-promotional-photo-for-the-famous-movie-22Freaks22.-1932-247x300.jpg 247w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Actor-Johnny-Ick-who-was-born-with-an-underdeveloped-lower-torso-poses-for-a-promotional-photo-for-the-famous-movie-22Freaks22.-1932-360x438.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5650" class="wp-caption-text">Actor Johnny Ick, who was born with an underdeveloped lower torso, poses for a promotional photo for the famous movie &#8216;Freaks,&#8217; 1932</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5689" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5689" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5689 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/WWI-Veterans-marriage-1921.jpg" alt="Bizarre photos of WWI Veteran's marriage, 1921" width="1000" height="711" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/WWI-Veterans-marriage-1921.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/WWI-Veterans-marriage-1921-300x213.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/WWI-Veterans-marriage-1921-768x546.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/WWI-Veterans-marriage-1921-360x256.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5689" class="wp-caption-text">Blind WWI Veteran&#8217;s marriage, 1921</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5688" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5688" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5688 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Women-learn-to-shoot-in-a-prison-on-Roosevelt-Island-New-York-1932.jpg" alt="Bizarre photos of shooting women in a prison" width="1000" height="640" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Women-learn-to-shoot-in-a-prison-on-Roosevelt-Island-New-York-1932.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Women-learn-to-shoot-in-a-prison-on-Roosevelt-Island-New-York-1932-300x192.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Women-learn-to-shoot-in-a-prison-on-Roosevelt-Island-New-York-1932-768x492.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Women-learn-to-shoot-in-a-prison-on-Roosevelt-Island-New-York-1932-360x230.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5688" class="wp-caption-text">Women learn to shoot in prison on Roosevelt Island, New York, 1932</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5687" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5687" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5687" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Welsh-Spiritualist-Rogue-Colin-Evans-feigns-levitation-by-jumping-up-and-down-in-total-darkness-and-filming-himself-with-an-infrared-camera.-London-1939-.jpg" alt="Welsh spiritualist Colin Evans feigns levitation by jumping up and down in total darkness and filming himself with an infrared camera. London, 1939" width="700" height="1118" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Welsh-Spiritualist-Rogue-Colin-Evans-feigns-levitation-by-jumping-up-and-down-in-total-darkness-and-filming-himself-with-an-infrared-camera.-London-1939-.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Welsh-Spiritualist-Rogue-Colin-Evans-feigns-levitation-by-jumping-up-and-down-in-total-darkness-and-filming-himself-with-an-infrared-camera.-London-1939--188x300.jpg 188w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Welsh-Spiritualist-Rogue-Colin-Evans-feigns-levitation-by-jumping-up-and-down-in-total-darkness-and-filming-himself-with-an-infrared-camera.-London-1939--641x1024.jpg 641w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Welsh-Spiritualist-Rogue-Colin-Evans-feigns-levitation-by-jumping-up-and-down-in-total-darkness-and-filming-himself-with-an-infrared-camera.-London-1939--360x575.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5687" class="wp-caption-text">Welsh spiritualist Colin Evans feigns levitation by jumping up and down in total darkness and filming himself with an infrared camera. London, 1939</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5686" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5686" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5686 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Untitled.jpg" alt="Untitled bizarre photos" width="1000" height="666" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Untitled.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Untitled-300x200.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Untitled-768x511.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Untitled-360x240.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5686" class="wp-caption-text">Untitled</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5684" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5684" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5684" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Tower-of-Babel-from-the-Old-Testament.-A.-Frankl-1927.jpg" alt="Tower of Babel from the Old Testament. A. Frankl, 1927" width="1000" height="726" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Tower-of-Babel-from-the-Old-Testament.-A.-Frankl-1927.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Tower-of-Babel-from-the-Old-Testament.-A.-Frankl-1927-300x218.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Tower-of-Babel-from-the-Old-Testament.-A.-Frankl-1927-768x558.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Tower-of-Babel-from-the-Old-Testament.-A.-Frankl-1927-360x261.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5684" class="wp-caption-text">Tower of Babel from the Old Testament. A. Frankl, 1927</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5685" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5685" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5685" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Unknown-author.jpg" alt="Bizarre photos of the Unknown author" width="700" height="708" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Unknown-author.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Unknown-author-297x300.jpg 297w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Unknown-author-360x364.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5685" class="wp-caption-text">Unknown author</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5683" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5683" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5683 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-townspeople-of-Boren-await-the-appearance-of-the-Virgin-Mary-at-the-viaduct-not-far-from-the-Christian-school-where-children-allegedly-observed-her-the-day-before.-Belgium-1933.jpg" alt="Bizarre photos of People of Boren await the appearance of the Virgin Mary" width="1000" height="690" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-townspeople-of-Boren-await-the-appearance-of-the-Virgin-Mary-at-the-viaduct-not-far-from-the-Christian-school-where-children-allegedly-observed-her-the-day-before.-Belgium-1933.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-townspeople-of-Boren-await-the-appearance-of-the-Virgin-Mary-at-the-viaduct-not-far-from-the-Christian-school-where-children-allegedly-observed-her-the-day-before.-Belgium-1933-300x207.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-townspeople-of-Boren-await-the-appearance-of-the-Virgin-Mary-at-the-viaduct-not-far-from-the-Christian-school-where-children-allegedly-observed-her-the-day-before.-Belgium-1933-768x530.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-townspeople-of-Boren-await-the-appearance-of-the-Virgin-Mary-at-the-viaduct-not-far-from-the-Christian-school-where-children-allegedly-observed-her-the-day-before.-Belgium-1933-360x248.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5683" class="wp-caption-text">Boren city citizens await the appearance of the Virgin Mary at the viaduct, not far from the Christian school, where children allegedly observed her the day before. Belgium, 1933</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5682" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5682" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5682" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-telepath-tries-to-hypnotize-the-chimpanzee.-1941-year.jpg" alt="The telepath tries to hypnotise the chimpanzee, 1941" width="1000" height="761" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-telepath-tries-to-hypnotize-the-chimpanzee.-1941-year.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-telepath-tries-to-hypnotize-the-chimpanzee.-1941-year-300x228.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-telepath-tries-to-hypnotize-the-chimpanzee.-1941-year-768x584.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-telepath-tries-to-hypnotize-the-chimpanzee.-1941-year-360x274.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5682" class="wp-caption-text">The telepath tries to hypnotize the chimpanzee, 1941</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5681" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5681" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5681 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-tactical-cunning-of-soldiers-during-the-Mexican-Revolution.-1913.jpg" alt="Bizarre photos of military tricks" width="1000" height="766" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-tactical-cunning-of-soldiers-during-the-Mexican-Revolution.-1913.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-tactical-cunning-of-soldiers-during-the-Mexican-Revolution.-1913-300x230.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-tactical-cunning-of-soldiers-during-the-Mexican-Revolution.-1913-768x588.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-tactical-cunning-of-soldiers-during-the-Mexican-Revolution.-1913-360x276.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5681" class="wp-caption-text">The tactical trick of soldiers during the Mexican Revolution, 1913</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5680" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5680" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5680" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-atmosphere-in-a-house-located-on-a-training-ground-where-the-US-Army-conducted-experiments-on-the-use-of-nuclear-weapons.-The-role-of-humans-is-played-by-mannequins.-1954.jpg" alt="atomic experiments dummies" width="1000" height="660" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-atmosphere-in-a-house-located-on-a-training-ground-where-the-US-Army-conducted-experiments-on-the-use-of-nuclear-weapons.-The-role-of-humans-is-played-by-mannequins.-1954.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-atmosphere-in-a-house-located-on-a-training-ground-where-the-US-Army-conducted-experiments-on-the-use-of-nuclear-weapons.-The-role-of-humans-is-played-by-mannequins.-1954-300x198.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-atmosphere-in-a-house-located-on-a-training-ground-where-the-US-Army-conducted-experiments-on-the-use-of-nuclear-weapons.-The-role-of-humans-is-played-by-mannequins.-1954-768x507.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-atmosphere-in-a-house-located-on-a-training-ground-where-the-US-Army-conducted-experiments-on-the-use-of-nuclear-weapons.-The-role-of-humans-is-played-by-mannequins.-1954-360x238.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5680" class="wp-caption-text">The house at the training ground where the US Army conducted experiments on the use of nuclear weapons. Mannequins, 1954 play the role of humans</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5679" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5679" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5679" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Soviet-cryptographer-Igor-Guzenko-1945.jpg" alt="Soviet cryptographer Igor Guzenko, 1945" width="1000" height="766" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Soviet-cryptographer-Igor-Guzenko-1945.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Soviet-cryptographer-Igor-Guzenko-1945-300x230.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Soviet-cryptographer-Igor-Guzenko-1945-768x588.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Soviet-cryptographer-Igor-Guzenko-1945-360x276.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5679" class="wp-caption-text">Soviet cryptographer Igor Guzenko, 1945. In this photo, he hid his face for an interview<span style="font-weight: 400;"> with Soul Pett from the Associated Press. Guzenko worked at the Soviet embassy in Ottawa and fled to the West in 1945. He brought more than a hundred classified documents and information from the Soviet spy network in Canada; 29 spies were arrested and convicted afterwards. Guzenko received an impressive reward, a mansion, and political asylum.</span></p></div>
<div id="attachment_5678" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5678" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5678" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Soldiers-of-the-British-Royal-Horse-Artillery-on-pack-horses.-The-animals-turned-out-to-be-so-obedient-that-they-allowed-the-soldiers-to-perform-tricks-on-them.-1915.jpg" alt="Soldiers of the British Royal Horse Artillery on pack horses. " width="1000" height="902" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Soldiers-of-the-British-Royal-Horse-Artillery-on-pack-horses.-The-animals-turned-out-to-be-so-obedient-that-they-allowed-the-soldiers-to-perform-tricks-on-them.-1915.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Soldiers-of-the-British-Royal-Horse-Artillery-on-pack-horses.-The-animals-turned-out-to-be-so-obedient-that-they-allowed-the-soldiers-to-perform-tricks-on-them.-1915-300x271.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Soldiers-of-the-British-Royal-Horse-Artillery-on-pack-horses.-The-animals-turned-out-to-be-so-obedient-that-they-allowed-the-soldiers-to-perform-tricks-on-them.-1915-768x693.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Soldiers-of-the-British-Royal-Horse-Artillery-on-pack-horses.-The-animals-turned-out-to-be-so-obedient-that-they-allowed-the-soldiers-to-perform-tricks-on-them.-1915-360x325.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5678" class="wp-caption-text">Soldiers of the British Royal Horse Artillery on pack horses. The animals turned out to be so obedient that they allowed the soldiers to perform tricks like these, 1915</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_5677" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5677" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5677" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Robert-Kennedy-and-West-Berlin-Mayor-Willie-Brandt-look-through-the-Berlin-Wall-into-the-GDR.-February-22-1962.jpg" alt="Robert Kennedy and West Berlin Mayor Willie Brandt look through the Berlin Wall, February 22, 1962" width="700" height="527" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Robert-Kennedy-and-West-Berlin-Mayor-Willie-Brandt-look-through-the-Berlin-Wall-into-the-GDR.-February-22-1962.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Robert-Kennedy-and-West-Berlin-Mayor-Willie-Brandt-look-through-the-Berlin-Wall-into-the-GDR.-February-22-1962-300x226.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Robert-Kennedy-and-West-Berlin-Mayor-Willie-Brandt-look-through-the-Berlin-Wall-into-the-GDR.-February-22-1962-360x271.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5677" class="wp-caption-text">Robert Kennedy and West Berlin Mayor Willie Brandt look through the Berlin Wall, February 22, 1962</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5676" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5676" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5676" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Photographer-unknown.jpg" alt="Unknown bizarre photos" width="1000" height="764" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Photographer-unknown.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Photographer-unknown-300x229.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Photographer-unknown-768x587.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Photographer-unknown-360x275.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5676" class="wp-caption-text">Photographer unknown</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5675" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5675" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5675" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Newborn-mutant-rabbit-with-one-head-endowed-with-two-bodies.-1941.jpg" alt="Newborn mutant rabbit with one head, endowed with two bodies. 1941" width="700" height="956" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Newborn-mutant-rabbit-with-one-head-endowed-with-two-bodies.-1941.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Newborn-mutant-rabbit-with-one-head-endowed-with-two-bodies.-1941-220x300.jpg 220w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Newborn-mutant-rabbit-with-one-head-endowed-with-two-bodies.-1941-360x492.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5675" class="wp-caption-text">Newborn mutant rabbit with one head, endowed with two bodies. 1941</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5674" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5674" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5674 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Military-training-at-Eton.-Since-then-the-uniform-of-the-students-of-the-elite-educational-institution-has-changed-little-only-the-top-hats-were-canceled.-1915-the-author-is-unknown..jpg" alt="Bizarre educational photos of Military training at Eton" width="1000" height="914" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Military-training-at-Eton.-Since-then-the-uniform-of-the-students-of-the-elite-educational-institution-has-changed-little-only-the-top-hats-were-canceled.-1915-the-author-is-unknown..jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Military-training-at-Eton.-Since-then-the-uniform-of-the-students-of-the-elite-educational-institution-has-changed-little-only-the-top-hats-were-canceled.-1915-the-author-is-unknown.-300x274.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Military-training-at-Eton.-Since-then-the-uniform-of-the-students-of-the-elite-educational-institution-has-changed-little-only-the-top-hats-were-canceled.-1915-the-author-is-unknown.-768x702.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Military-training-at-Eton.-Since-then-the-uniform-of-the-students-of-the-elite-educational-institution-has-changed-little-only-the-top-hats-were-canceled.-1915-the-author-is-unknown.-360x329.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5674" class="wp-caption-text">Military training at Eton. Since then, the uniform of the students of the elite educational institution has changed little; only the top hats were canceled, 1915</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5673" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5673" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5673 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Members-of-the-Ku-Klux-Klan-drive-around-Miami-in-robes-and-with-a-noose-convince-African-Americans-to-abstain-from-voting-in-elections.-Miami-1939.jpg" alt="Bizarre photos of KKK during the elections in Florida" width="700" height="1058" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Members-of-the-Ku-Klux-Klan-drive-around-Miami-in-robes-and-with-a-noose-convince-African-Americans-to-abstain-from-voting-in-elections.-Miami-1939.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Members-of-the-Ku-Klux-Klan-drive-around-Miami-in-robes-and-with-a-noose-convince-African-Americans-to-abstain-from-voting-in-elections.-Miami-1939-198x300.jpg 198w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Members-of-the-Ku-Klux-Klan-drive-around-Miami-in-robes-and-with-a-noose-convince-African-Americans-to-abstain-from-voting-in-elections.-Miami-1939-678x1024.jpg 678w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Members-of-the-Ku-Klux-Klan-drive-around-Miami-in-robes-and-with-a-noose-convince-African-Americans-to-abstain-from-voting-in-elections.-Miami-1939-360x544.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5673" class="wp-caption-text">KKK&#8217;s members drive around Miami in robes and, with a noose, convince African Americans to abstain from voting in elections. Miami, 1939</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5672" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5672" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5672" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Marcia-Pinkenfield-six-months-old-who-won-a-very-unusual-competition-and-was-chosen-as-the-most-beautiful-child-in-America-1927-author-unknown..jpg" alt="Marcia Pinkenfield, six months old, who won a very unusual competition and was chosen as the most beautiful child in America," width="1000" height="742" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Marcia-Pinkenfield-six-months-old-who-won-a-very-unusual-competition-and-was-chosen-as-the-most-beautiful-child-in-America-1927-author-unknown..jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Marcia-Pinkenfield-six-months-old-who-won-a-very-unusual-competition-and-was-chosen-as-the-most-beautiful-child-in-America-1927-author-unknown.-300x223.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Marcia-Pinkenfield-six-months-old-who-won-a-very-unusual-competition-and-was-chosen-as-the-most-beautiful-child-in-America-1927-author-unknown.-768x570.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Marcia-Pinkenfield-six-months-old-who-won-a-very-unusual-competition-and-was-chosen-as-the-most-beautiful-child-in-America-1927-author-unknown.-360x267.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5672" class="wp-caption-text">Marcia Pinkenfield, six months old, who won a very unusual competition and was chosen as the most beautiful child in America, 1927</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5671" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5671" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5671" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Lifeguard-Malibu.-Richard-Tide-sleeps-a-girl-who-was-washed-into-the-ocean-by-a-wave-.jpg" alt="A real Malibu Lifeguard. Richard Tide sleeps a girl who was washed into the ocean by a wave" width="700" height="956" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Lifeguard-Malibu.-Richard-Tide-sleeps-a-girl-who-was-washed-into-the-ocean-by-a-wave-.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Lifeguard-Malibu.-Richard-Tide-sleeps-a-girl-who-was-washed-into-the-ocean-by-a-wave--220x300.jpg 220w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Lifeguard-Malibu.-Richard-Tide-sleeps-a-girl-who-was-washed-into-the-ocean-by-a-wave--360x492.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5671" class="wp-caption-text">A real Malibu Lifeguard. Richard Tide sleeps a girl who was washed into the ocean by a wave</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5670" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5670" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5670" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Italian-traveler-Attilio-Gatti-with-two-hired-pygmies-and-a-gorilla-caught-by-them-in-the-Belgian-Congo-1930-.jpg" alt="Italian traveler Attilio Gatti with two hired pygmies and a gorilla caught by them in the Belgian Congo, 1930" width="700" height="979" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Italian-traveler-Attilio-Gatti-with-two-hired-pygmies-and-a-gorilla-caught-by-them-in-the-Belgian-Congo-1930-.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Italian-traveler-Attilio-Gatti-with-two-hired-pygmies-and-a-gorilla-caught-by-them-in-the-Belgian-Congo-1930--215x300.jpg 215w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Italian-traveler-Attilio-Gatti-with-two-hired-pygmies-and-a-gorilla-caught-by-them-in-the-Belgian-Congo-1930--360x503.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5670" class="wp-caption-text">Italian traveler Attilio Gatti with two hired pygmies and a gorilla caught by them in the Belgian Congo, 1930</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5669" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5669" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5669 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Gymnastics-at-the-Sint-Willibrordus-mental-hospital.-Netherlands-Henk-Blansjaar-14-February-1956-.jpg" alt="Bizarre photos of  Exercises at the Sint Willibrordus mental hospital" width="1000" height="757" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Gymnastics-at-the-Sint-Willibrordus-mental-hospital.-Netherlands-Henk-Blansjaar-14-February-1956-.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Gymnastics-at-the-Sint-Willibrordus-mental-hospital.-Netherlands-Henk-Blansjaar-14-February-1956--300x227.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Gymnastics-at-the-Sint-Willibrordus-mental-hospital.-Netherlands-Henk-Blansjaar-14-February-1956--768x581.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Gymnastics-at-the-Sint-Willibrordus-mental-hospital.-Netherlands-Henk-Blansjaar-14-February-1956--360x273.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5669" class="wp-caption-text">Exercises at the Sint Willibrordus mental hospital. Netherlands, Henk Blansjaar, 14 February 1956</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5668" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5668" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5668 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Girl-and-orangutan.-Indonesia-J.A.-Dinkel-early-20th-century.jpg" alt="Bizarre photos of Girl and orangutan" width="700" height="974" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Girl-and-orangutan.-Indonesia-J.A.-Dinkel-early-20th-century.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Girl-and-orangutan.-Indonesia-J.A.-Dinkel-early-20th-century-216x300.jpg 216w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Girl-and-orangutan.-Indonesia-J.A.-Dinkel-early-20th-century-360x501.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5668" class="wp-caption-text">Girl and orangutan. Indonesia, J.A. Dinkel, early 20th century</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5667" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5667" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5667" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Funeral-of-legendary-cyclist-Fausto-Coppi-who-contracted-malaria-during-an-African-safari.-1960-year-.jpg" alt="Funeral of legendary cyclist Fausto Coppi, who contracted malaria during an African safari. 1960 year" width="1000" height="718" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Funeral-of-legendary-cyclist-Fausto-Coppi-who-contracted-malaria-during-an-African-safari.-1960-year-.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Funeral-of-legendary-cyclist-Fausto-Coppi-who-contracted-malaria-during-an-African-safari.-1960-year--300x215.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Funeral-of-legendary-cyclist-Fausto-Coppi-who-contracted-malaria-during-an-African-safari.-1960-year--768x551.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Funeral-of-legendary-cyclist-Fausto-Coppi-who-contracted-malaria-during-an-African-safari.-1960-year--360x258.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5667" class="wp-caption-text">Funeral of legendary cyclist Fausto Coppi, who contracted malaria during an African safari. The 1960 year</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5666" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5666" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5666" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/French-soldier-during-the-First-World-War-in-a-protective-suit-breastplate-and-helmet-made-with-his-own-hands.-1915-year-.jpg" alt="Bizarre photos of French soldier during WWI in a suit (breastplate and helmet), 1915 year" width="700" height="979" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/French-soldier-during-the-First-World-War-in-a-protective-suit-breastplate-and-helmet-made-with-his-own-hands.-1915-year-.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/French-soldier-during-the-First-World-War-in-a-protective-suit-breastplate-and-helmet-made-with-his-own-hands.-1915-year--215x300.jpg 215w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/French-soldier-during-the-First-World-War-in-a-protective-suit-breastplate-and-helmet-made-with-his-own-hands.-1915-year--360x503.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5666" class="wp-caption-text">Bizarre photos of a French soldier during WWI in a suit (breastplate and helmet), 1915 year</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_5665" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5665" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5665" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fall-on-track-during-a-6-day-bike-race-at-the-Madison-Square-Cycle-Track.-New-York-1913.jpg" alt="An accident on track during a 6-day bike race at the Madison Square Cycle Track. New York, 1913" width="1000" height="720" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fall-on-track-during-a-6-day-bike-race-at-the-Madison-Square-Cycle-Track.-New-York-1913.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fall-on-track-during-a-6-day-bike-race-at-the-Madison-Square-Cycle-Track.-New-York-1913-300x216.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fall-on-track-during-a-6-day-bike-race-at-the-Madison-Square-Cycle-Track.-New-York-1913-768x553.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fall-on-track-during-a-6-day-bike-race-at-the-Madison-Square-Cycle-Track.-New-York-1913-360x259.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5665" class="wp-caption-text">An accident on track during a 6-day bike race at the Madison Square Cycle Track. New York, 1913</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5664" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5664" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5664" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Faces-of-war.-A-banquet-for-French-soldiers-who-received-grievous-injuries-during-the-First-World-War.-Henri-Manuel-Paris-1925..jpg" alt="Faces of war. A banquet for French soldiers who received grievous injuries during WWI, Henri Manuel, Paris, 1925." width="1000" height="734" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Faces-of-war.-A-banquet-for-French-soldiers-who-received-grievous-injuries-during-the-First-World-War.-Henri-Manuel-Paris-1925..jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Faces-of-war.-A-banquet-for-French-soldiers-who-received-grievous-injuries-during-the-First-World-War.-Henri-Manuel-Paris-1925.-300x220.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Faces-of-war.-A-banquet-for-French-soldiers-who-received-grievous-injuries-during-the-First-World-War.-Henri-Manuel-Paris-1925.-768x564.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Faces-of-war.-A-banquet-for-French-soldiers-who-received-grievous-injuries-during-the-First-World-War.-Henri-Manuel-Paris-1925.-360x264.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5664" class="wp-caption-text">Faces of war. A banquet for French soldiers who received grievous injuries during WWI, Henri Manuel, Paris, 1925.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5663" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5663" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5663" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Expiration-date-has-passed.-Billy-the-elephant-at-the-Los-Angeles-Zoo-was-shot.-Old-elephants-can-become-uncontrollable-and-the-zoo-staff-decided-to-protect-themselves.-1939.jpg" alt="Expiration date has passed. Billy the elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo was shot. Old elephants can become uncontrollable and the zoo staff decided to protect themselves. 1939" width="1000" height="671" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Expiration-date-has-passed.-Billy-the-elephant-at-the-Los-Angeles-Zoo-was-shot.-Old-elephants-can-become-uncontrollable-and-the-zoo-staff-decided-to-protect-themselves.-1939.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Expiration-date-has-passed.-Billy-the-elephant-at-the-Los-Angeles-Zoo-was-shot.-Old-elephants-can-become-uncontrollable-and-the-zoo-staff-decided-to-protect-themselves.-1939-300x201.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Expiration-date-has-passed.-Billy-the-elephant-at-the-Los-Angeles-Zoo-was-shot.-Old-elephants-can-become-uncontrollable-and-the-zoo-staff-decided-to-protect-themselves.-1939-768x515.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Expiration-date-has-passed.-Billy-the-elephant-at-the-Los-Angeles-Zoo-was-shot.-Old-elephants-can-become-uncontrollable-and-the-zoo-staff-decided-to-protect-themselves.-1939-360x242.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5663" class="wp-caption-text">The expiration date has passed. Billy, the elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo, was shot. Old elephants can become uncontrollable, and the zoo staff decided to protect themselves. 1939</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5662" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5662" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5662" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Execution-of-terrorists-who-staged-an-explosion-in-the-Cathedral-of-Holy-Week-in-Bulgaria-at-whose-hands-more-than-200-people-died-.jpg" alt="Execution of terrorists who staged an explosion in the Cathedral of Holy Week in Bulgaria, killing more than 200 people died," width="1000" height="701" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Execution-of-terrorists-who-staged-an-explosion-in-the-Cathedral-of-Holy-Week-in-Bulgaria-at-whose-hands-more-than-200-people-died-.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Execution-of-terrorists-who-staged-an-explosion-in-the-Cathedral-of-Holy-Week-in-Bulgaria-at-whose-hands-more-than-200-people-died--300x210.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Execution-of-terrorists-who-staged-an-explosion-in-the-Cathedral-of-Holy-Week-in-Bulgaria-at-whose-hands-more-than-200-people-died--768x538.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Execution-of-terrorists-who-staged-an-explosion-in-the-Cathedral-of-Holy-Week-in-Bulgaria-at-whose-hands-more-than-200-people-died--360x252.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5662" class="wp-caption-text">Execution of terrorists who staged an explosion in the Cathedral of Holy Week in Bulgaria, killing more than 200 people died,</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5661" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5661" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5661" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ethiopian-thief-catcher.-The-priest-after-drinking-a-stimulating-concoction-of-unknown-ingredients-throws-a-rope-over-the-plaintiff-and-guides-him-closing-his-eyes-to-the-alleged-culprit.-1929-year.jpg" alt="Bizarre photos of the Ethiopian thief catcher. The priest, after drinking a stimulating mix of unknown ingredients, throws a rope over the plaintiff and guides him, closing his eyes, to the alleged culprit. 1929 year" width="1000" height="712" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ethiopian-thief-catcher.-The-priest-after-drinking-a-stimulating-concoction-of-unknown-ingredients-throws-a-rope-over-the-plaintiff-and-guides-him-closing-his-eyes-to-the-alleged-culprit.-1929-year.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ethiopian-thief-catcher.-The-priest-after-drinking-a-stimulating-concoction-of-unknown-ingredients-throws-a-rope-over-the-plaintiff-and-guides-him-closing-his-eyes-to-the-alleged-culprit.-1929-year-300x214.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ethiopian-thief-catcher.-The-priest-after-drinking-a-stimulating-concoction-of-unknown-ingredients-throws-a-rope-over-the-plaintiff-and-guides-him-closing-his-eyes-to-the-alleged-culprit.-1929-year-768x547.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ethiopian-thief-catcher.-The-priest-after-drinking-a-stimulating-concoction-of-unknown-ingredients-throws-a-rope-over-the-plaintiff-and-guides-him-closing-his-eyes-to-the-alleged-culprit.-1929-year-360x256.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5661" class="wp-caption-text">Bizarre photos of the Ethiopian thief catcher. After drinking a stimulating mix of unknown ingredients, the priest throws a rope over the plaintiff and guides him, closing his eyes, to the alleged culprit. The 1929 year</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5660" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5660" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5660" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Dutch-armored-vehicles-disguised-in-flowers-shortly-before-the-German-invasion.-May-5-1940-author-unknown.-.jpg" alt="Bizarre disguise photos. Dutch tanks disguised in flowers, shortly before the German invasion. May 5, 1940" width="1000" height="728" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Dutch-armored-vehicles-disguised-in-flowers-shortly-before-the-German-invasion.-May-5-1940-author-unknown.-.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Dutch-armored-vehicles-disguised-in-flowers-shortly-before-the-German-invasion.-May-5-1940-author-unknown.--300x218.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Dutch-armored-vehicles-disguised-in-flowers-shortly-before-the-German-invasion.-May-5-1940-author-unknown.--768x559.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Dutch-armored-vehicles-disguised-in-flowers-shortly-before-the-German-invasion.-May-5-1940-author-unknown.--360x262.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5660" class="wp-caption-text">Bizarre disguise photos. Dutch tanks disguised in flowers, shortly before the German invasion. May 5, 1940</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_5659" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5659" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5659" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Dr.-Heinz-makes-an-injection-of-fluids-taken-from-a-live-hare-to-a-person-which-together-with-ultraviolet-radiation-and-gymnastics-should-lead-to-rejuvenation.-Berlin-1925-.jpg" alt="Dr. Heinz makes an injection of fluids taken from a live hare to a person, which, together with ultraviolet radiation and gymnastics, should lead to rejuvenation. Berlin, 1925" width="700" height="970" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Dr.-Heinz-makes-an-injection-of-fluids-taken-from-a-live-hare-to-a-person-which-together-with-ultraviolet-radiation-and-gymnastics-should-lead-to-rejuvenation.-Berlin-1925-.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Dr.-Heinz-makes-an-injection-of-fluids-taken-from-a-live-hare-to-a-person-which-together-with-ultraviolet-radiation-and-gymnastics-should-lead-to-rejuvenation.-Berlin-1925--216x300.jpg 216w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Dr.-Heinz-makes-an-injection-of-fluids-taken-from-a-live-hare-to-a-person-which-together-with-ultraviolet-radiation-and-gymnastics-should-lead-to-rejuvenation.-Berlin-1925--360x499.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5659" class="wp-caption-text">Dr. Heinz makes an injection of fluids taken from a live hare to a person, which, together with ultraviolet radiation and gymnastics, should lead to rejuvenation. Berlin, 1925</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_5658" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5658" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5658" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Disguise-of-British-military-equipment-as-elephants.-Probably-India-World-War-II-author-unknown..jpg" alt="Disguise of British military equipment as elephants, India, WWII" width="1000" height="777" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Disguise-of-British-military-equipment-as-elephants.-Probably-India-World-War-II-author-unknown..jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Disguise-of-British-military-equipment-as-elephants.-Probably-India-World-War-II-author-unknown.-300x233.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Disguise-of-British-military-equipment-as-elephants.-Probably-India-World-War-II-author-unknown.-768x597.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Disguise-of-British-military-equipment-as-elephants.-Probably-India-World-War-II-author-unknown.-360x280.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5658" class="wp-caption-text">Disguise of British military equipment as elephants, India, WWII</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5657" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5657" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5657" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Daughter-of-the-German-movie-star-Marlene-Dietrich-starring-in-the-film-22The-Slutty-Empress22-directed-by-Joseph-von-Sternberg-with-her-mother.-Hollywood-1934.jpg" alt="Daughter of the German movie star Marlene Dietrich, starring in the film The Slutty Empress directed by Joseph von Sternberg with her mother. Hollywood, 1934" width="1000" height="713" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Daughter-of-the-German-movie-star-Marlene-Dietrich-starring-in-the-film-22The-Slutty-Empress22-directed-by-Joseph-von-Sternberg-with-her-mother.-Hollywood-1934.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Daughter-of-the-German-movie-star-Marlene-Dietrich-starring-in-the-film-22The-Slutty-Empress22-directed-by-Joseph-von-Sternberg-with-her-mother.-Hollywood-1934-300x214.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Daughter-of-the-German-movie-star-Marlene-Dietrich-starring-in-the-film-22The-Slutty-Empress22-directed-by-Joseph-von-Sternberg-with-her-mother.-Hollywood-1934-768x548.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Daughter-of-the-German-movie-star-Marlene-Dietrich-starring-in-the-film-22The-Slutty-Empress22-directed-by-Joseph-von-Sternberg-with-her-mother.-Hollywood-1934-360x257.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5657" class="wp-caption-text">Daughter of the German movie star Marlene Dietrich, starring in the film The Slutty Empress directed by Joseph von Sternberg with her mother. Hollywood, 1934</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5656" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5656" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5656" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Charles-Jones-22-is-reading-to-his-underage-fiancée-Eunice-Winstead-nine-years-old.-Their-wedding-was-approved-in-Tennessee-but-not-accepted-in-the-rest-of-the-United-States.-1937-.jpg" alt="Charles Jones, 22, is reading to his underage fiancée Eunice Winstead, nine years old. Their wedding was approved in Tennessee, but not accepted in the rest of the United States. 1937" width="700" height="1022" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Charles-Jones-22-is-reading-to-his-underage-fiancée-Eunice-Winstead-nine-years-old.-Their-wedding-was-approved-in-Tennessee-but-not-accepted-in-the-rest-of-the-United-States.-1937-.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Charles-Jones-22-is-reading-to-his-underage-fiancée-Eunice-Winstead-nine-years-old.-Their-wedding-was-approved-in-Tennessee-but-not-accepted-in-the-rest-of-the-United-States.-1937--205x300.jpg 205w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Charles-Jones-22-is-reading-to-his-underage-fiancée-Eunice-Winstead-nine-years-old.-Their-wedding-was-approved-in-Tennessee-but-not-accepted-in-the-rest-of-the-United-States.-1937--360x526.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5656" class="wp-caption-text">Charles Jones, 22, is reading to his underage fiancée, Eunice Winstead, nine years old. Their wedding was approved in Tennessee, but not accepted in the rest of the United States. 1937</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5654" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5654" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5654" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Beat-group-John-Russell-and-Klan-opening-the-Beatles.-1964.jpg" alt="John Russell's band warming the public before the Beatles' performance, 1964" width="700" height="463" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Beat-group-John-Russell-and-Klan-opening-the-Beatles.-1964.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Beat-group-John-Russell-and-Klan-opening-the-Beatles.-1964-300x198.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Beat-group-John-Russell-and-Klan-opening-the-Beatles.-1964-360x238.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5654" class="wp-caption-text">John Russell&#8217;s band warming the public before the Beatles&#8217; performance, 1964</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5652" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5652" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5652" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/An-American-lawyer-who-wants-to-remain-anonymous-reads-out-his-testimony-on-the-investigation-of-a-financial-fraud-case.-Ohio-1933.jpg" alt="An American lawyerreads out his testimony on the investigation of a financial fraud case. Ohio, 1933" width="700" height="976" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/An-American-lawyer-who-wants-to-remain-anonymous-reads-out-his-testimony-on-the-investigation-of-a-financial-fraud-case.-Ohio-1933.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/An-American-lawyer-who-wants-to-remain-anonymous-reads-out-his-testimony-on-the-investigation-of-a-financial-fraud-case.-Ohio-1933-215x300.jpg 215w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/An-American-lawyer-who-wants-to-remain-anonymous-reads-out-his-testimony-on-the-investigation-of-a-financial-fraud-case.-Ohio-1933-360x502.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5652" class="wp-caption-text">An American lawyer, who wants to remain anonymous, reads out his testimony on investigating a financial fraud case. Ohio, 1933</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5651" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5651" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5651" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Adolf-Hitler-in-the-national-trousers-of-the-Tyroleans-and-Bavarians-called-lederhosen.-June-12-1927.jpg" alt="bizarre hitler photos" width="700" height="896" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Adolf-Hitler-in-the-national-trousers-of-the-Tyroleans-and-Bavarians-called-lederhosen.-June-12-1927.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Adolf-Hitler-in-the-national-trousers-of-the-Tyroleans-and-Bavarians-called-lederhosen.-June-12-1927-234x300.jpg 234w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Adolf-Hitler-in-the-national-trousers-of-the-Tyroleans-and-Bavarians-called-lederhosen.-June-12-1927-360x461.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5651" class="wp-caption-text">Adolf Hitler in the national trousers of the Tyroleans and Bavarians called lederhosen. It was a campaign photo to gain more popularity in the Southern regions of Germany, June 12, 1927</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5648" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5648" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5648" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-postcard-from-the-First-World-War-in-which-a-German-looking-at-Notre-Dame-through-binoculars-is-threatened-with-a-saber-by-the-ghost-of-Napoleon.-1914-1918-.jpg" alt="A WWI postcard. A German looking at Notre Dame through binoculars is threatened with a saber by the ghost of Napoleon. " width="1000" height="646" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-postcard-from-the-First-World-War-in-which-a-German-looking-at-Notre-Dame-through-binoculars-is-threatened-with-a-saber-by-the-ghost-of-Napoleon.-1914-1918-.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-postcard-from-the-First-World-War-in-which-a-German-looking-at-Notre-Dame-through-binoculars-is-threatened-with-a-saber-by-the-ghost-of-Napoleon.-1914-1918--300x194.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-postcard-from-the-First-World-War-in-which-a-German-looking-at-Notre-Dame-through-binoculars-is-threatened-with-a-saber-by-the-ghost-of-Napoleon.-1914-1918--768x496.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-postcard-from-the-First-World-War-in-which-a-German-looking-at-Notre-Dame-through-binoculars-is-threatened-with-a-saber-by-the-ghost-of-Napoleon.-1914-1918--555x360.jpg 555w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-postcard-from-the-First-World-War-in-which-a-German-looking-at-Notre-Dame-through-binoculars-is-threatened-with-a-saber-by-the-ghost-of-Napoleon.-1914-1918--360x233.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5648" class="wp-caption-text">A WWI postcard. A German looking at Notre Dame through binoculars is threatened with a saber by the ghost of Napoleon.</p></div>
<h3>Check out more <a href="https://oldpics.net/us-wwi-propaganda-posters/">US WWI propaganda posters</a>.</h3>
<div id="attachment_5647" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5647" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5647" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-portrait-of-the-American-singer-Al-Johnson-portraying-a-black-man-on-the-set-of-the-movie-22Bar-of-Wonders22.-1934-year-.jpg" alt="American singer Al Johnson, portraying a black man on the set of the movie Bar of Wonders. 1934 year" width="700" height="884" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-portrait-of-the-American-singer-Al-Johnson-portraying-a-black-man-on-the-set-of-the-movie-22Bar-of-Wonders22.-1934-year-.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-portrait-of-the-American-singer-Al-Johnson-portraying-a-black-man-on-the-set-of-the-movie-22Bar-of-Wonders22.-1934-year--238x300.jpg 238w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-portrait-of-the-American-singer-Al-Johnson-portraying-a-black-man-on-the-set-of-the-movie-22Bar-of-Wonders22.-1934-year--360x455.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5647" class="wp-caption-text">American singer Al Johnson, portraying a black man on the set of the movie Bar of Wonders. The 1934 year</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5646" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5646" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5646 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-person-under-hypnosis-frozen-at-attention-lies-in-an-extremely-uncomfortable-position.-1932-.jpg" alt="Bizarre hypnotize photos" width="700" height="508" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-person-under-hypnosis-frozen-at-attention-lies-in-an-extremely-uncomfortable-position.-1932-.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-person-under-hypnosis-frozen-at-attention-lies-in-an-extremely-uncomfortable-position.-1932--300x218.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-person-under-hypnosis-frozen-at-attention-lies-in-an-extremely-uncomfortable-position.-1932--360x261.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5646" class="wp-caption-text">A hypnotized person, frozen at attention, lies in an extremely uncomfortable position. 1932</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5645" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5645" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5645" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-man-in-an-unknown-place-drags-a-snake-that-has-just-had-a-hearty-breakfast.-1941-.jpg" alt="A man drags a snake that has just had a hearty breakfast. 1941" width="1000" height="890" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-man-in-an-unknown-place-drags-a-snake-that-has-just-had-a-hearty-breakfast.-1941-.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-man-in-an-unknown-place-drags-a-snake-that-has-just-had-a-hearty-breakfast.-1941--300x267.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-man-in-an-unknown-place-drags-a-snake-that-has-just-had-a-hearty-breakfast.-1941--768x684.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-man-in-an-unknown-place-drags-a-snake-that-has-just-had-a-hearty-breakfast.-1941--360x320.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5645" class="wp-caption-text">A man drags a snake that has just had a hearty breakfast. 1941</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5644" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5644" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5644 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-Hungarian-engineer-named-Stefan-Nailed-near-a-machine-he-invented-that-supposedly-made-people-and-inanimate-objects-invisible.-1935.jpg" alt="Bizarre photos of aHungarian engineer invisible. 1935" width="700" height="1055" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-Hungarian-engineer-named-Stefan-Nailed-near-a-machine-he-invented-that-supposedly-made-people-and-inanimate-objects-invisible.-1935.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-Hungarian-engineer-named-Stefan-Nailed-near-a-machine-he-invented-that-supposedly-made-people-and-inanimate-objects-invisible.-1935-199x300.jpg 199w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-Hungarian-engineer-named-Stefan-Nailed-near-a-machine-he-invented-that-supposedly-made-people-and-inanimate-objects-invisible.-1935-679x1024.jpg 679w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-Hungarian-engineer-named-Stefan-Nailed-near-a-machine-he-invented-that-supposedly-made-people-and-inanimate-objects-invisible.-1935-360x543.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5644" class="wp-caption-text">A Hungarian engineer Stefan Nailed near the machine he invented supposedly made people and inanimate objects invisible. 1935</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5643" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5643" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5643 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-folding-car-designed-by-a-German-engineer-and-developing-40-50-kilometers-disassembled.-1929-year.jpg" alt="Bizarre photos of  folding car designed by a German engineer" width="700" height="545" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-folding-car-designed-by-a-German-engineer-and-developing-40-50-kilometers-disassembled.-1929-year.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-folding-car-designed-by-a-German-engineer-and-developing-40-50-kilometers-disassembled.-1929-year-300x234.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-folding-car-designed-by-a-German-engineer-and-developing-40-50-kilometers-disassembled.-1929-year-360x280.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5643" class="wp-caption-text">A folding car designed by a German engineer. When assembled, it could drive at 45 KmPh, 1929 year</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5640" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5640" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5640" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/8-year-old-Scotsman.jpg" alt="8-year-old Scotsman" width="700" height="976" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/8-year-old-Scotsman.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/8-year-old-Scotsman-215x300.jpg 215w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/8-year-old-Scotsman-360x502.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5640" class="wp-caption-text">8-year-old Freddie McIntosh in a sun protection suit. The boy&#8217;s skin is very sensitive to daylight due to illness.</p></div>
<h3><a href="https://oldpics.net/bizarre-pictures-of-the-soviet-parade-of-the-1920s-and-1930s/">Bizarre photos from the soviet parade of the 1920s and 1930s</a></h3>
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		<title>Nine European kings in one photo, May 1910</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Piper]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 14:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5089" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nine-European-kings-in-one-photo-May-1910-.jpg" alt="Nine European kings in one photo, May 1910" width="1500" height="1094" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nine-European-kings-in-one-photo-May-1910-.jpg 1500w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nine-European-kings-in-one-photo-May-1910--300x219.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nine-European-kings-in-one-photo-May-1910--1024x747.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nine-European-kings-in-one-photo-May-1910--768x560.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nine-European-kings-in-one-photo-May-1910--360x263.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" />Ironically, these nine kings will be at <a href="https://oldpics.net/history-of-ww1-gas-masks-in-photos/">war (WWI)</a> less than five years after this photo was taken.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nonetheless, there was no high tension between monarchs on May 20, 1910. On this day, masters of the W&amp;D Downey photo studio took this historical image of Nine European Kings at Windsor Castle.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They never gathered together before this day.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Standing: King Haakon VII of Norway, King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, King Manuel II of Portugal, German Emperor and King of Prussia Wilhelm II, King George I of Greece, and King Albert I of Belgium.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sitting: King of Spain Alfonso XIII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, George V, and King of Denmark Frederick VIII.</span></p>
<h3>Nine Royal relatives in a photo</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There was a reason for all these nine kings to pose for a single photo. All of them were connected with family bonds. For example, Frederik VIII of Denmark (sitting, far right) was a daddy of Haakon VII of Norway (top left). The German ruler Wilhelm II of Germany (top, 3rd from the right) was a cousin of both George V of the United Kingdom (bottom center) and Queen Maud of Norway, who was wife to Haakon VII of Norway and sister to George V of the United Kingdom. Let’s not forget that Haakon VII of Norway and George V of the United Kingdom were brothers-in-law. George V of the UK and Queen Maud of Norway’s mother was incidentally Alexandra of Denmark, sister to Frederik VIII of Denmark. Here’s how Frederik VIII of Denmark was also the uncle of George V of the United Kingdom.</span></p>
<h3>Read more: <a href="https://oldpics.net/us-wwi-propaganda-posters/">US WWI propaganda posters</a>.</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Again, George was a grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and the first cousin of Russian King Nicholas II of Russia and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. By the way, Nicholas II also could be present in this photo, but he didn’t manage to come in time. </span></p>
<h3>What will happen to the Nine Kings after this photo</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All these elegant and brilliant representatives of their dynasties came together to send off the last journey of the English king Edward VII. They do not yet know what awaits them in the very near future.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The revolutions and social transformations will remove four of nine of these monarchs. One of them will be killed (George I of Greece was shot in March 1913 in Thessaloniki).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In less than five years, Britain and Belgium will fight side by side against Germany and Bulgaria in WWI. <a href="https://oldpics.net/serbia-in-ww1-photos-and-facts/">Peter of Serbia</a> (another king missing in this photo of the nine) will fight on King George&#8217;s side.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Only five of these nine monarchies will survive Norwegian, Spanish, English, Danish, and Belgian.</span></p>
<h3>Read more: <a href="https://oldpics.net/adolf-hitler-during-ww1-historical-facts-and-pictures/">Adolf Hitler during WWI: historical facts and pictures</a></h3>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2020 08:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter  wp-image-4544" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/A-young-Hitler-farthest-left-at-bottom-row-posing-with-other-German-soldiers-and-their-dog-Fuchsl..jpg" alt="A young Hitler (farthest left at bottom row) posing with other German soldiers and their dog" width="699" height="452" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/A-young-Hitler-farthest-left-at-bottom-row-posing-with-other-German-soldiers-and-their-dog-Fuchsl..jpg 640w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/A-young-Hitler-farthest-left-at-bottom-row-posing-with-other-German-soldiers-and-their-dog-Fuchsl.-300x194.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/A-young-Hitler-farthest-left-at-bottom-row-posing-with-other-German-soldiers-and-their-dog-Fuchsl.-555x360.jpg 555w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/A-young-Hitler-farthest-left-at-bottom-row-posing-with-other-German-soldiers-and-their-dog-Fuchsl.-360x233.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px" />We all know Adolf Hitler for the horrors of the holocaust and the terrifying destruction of WWII. But here&#8217;s an interesting one: Hitler started to build his courageous reputation during WW1. He served in the German army from the first weeks of the war, earned some honor and invaluable life experience that influenced his future. Noteworthy, that all significant leaders of that period didn&#8217;t dodge the military service. <a href="https://oldpics.net/young-winston-churchill-photos-and-facts/">Young Winston Churchill</a> participated in the bloody campaign in South Africa; Joseph<a href="https://oldpics.net/young-stalin-noteworthy-photos-and-life-facts/"> Stalin commanded a large number</a> of troops during the Civil War in Russia.</span></p>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4545" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler_odeonplatz_1914_2.jpg" alt="" width="1600" height="1448" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler_odeonplatz_1914_2.jpg 1600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler_odeonplatz_1914_2-300x272.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler_odeonplatz_1914_2-1024x927.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler_odeonplatz_1914_2-768x695.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler_odeonplatz_1914_2-1536x1390.jpg 1536w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler_odeonplatz_1914_2-360x326.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px" /></p>
<div id="attachment_4546" style="width: 1610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4546" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4546" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler_odeonplatz_1914_3.jpg" alt="Hitler at OdeonPlatz in Munich, August 1914" width="1600" height="1502" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler_odeonplatz_1914_3.jpg 1600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler_odeonplatz_1914_3-300x282.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler_odeonplatz_1914_3-1024x961.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler_odeonplatz_1914_3-768x721.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler_odeonplatz_1914_3-1536x1442.jpg 1536w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler_odeonplatz_1914_3-360x338.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4546" class="wp-caption-text">Hitler at OdeonPlatz in Munich, August 1914</p></div>
<h3>Hitler Before the WW1</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It&#8217;s safe to say that Adolf Hitler was a mediocre personality before WWI. His parents were typical representatives of the middle class in the Austrian Empire. Young Adolf didn&#8217;t use a chance to start any decent career in pre-war Austria and relocated to Germany. Hitler positioned himself as an intellectual Austrian Empire&#8217;s German elite but never found any way how to make money with this mindset. Historians claim that Adolf selected that military career will fit him best. And the main reason why Hitler preferred the German army service to Austrian was a reluctance to serve alongside Czechs, Croats, and Jews, whom he disliked.</span></p>
<h3>Fake photo start</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This photo appeared in various samples of german propaganda during the 1930s. It showed how close Adolf Hitler was with ordinary people before WW1. Munich photographer Heinrich Hoffmann took this photo at a demonstration in support of the war against Russia in Munich&#8217;s Odeonsplatz on August 2, 1914. Nevertheless, various historians doubt that it was a real photo with Adolf Hitler. They state that Hoffmann handled the image to highlight the soon-to-be-dictator. While the original negative of this picture was lost, it&#8217;s hard to prove if it was real. Other photos of that period show Hitler with a more massive mustache. The fashion of shaping facial hair down to a &#8220;toothbrush&#8221; is linked to the wearing of gas masks. Tiny mustache allowed to wear gas protection more comfortably; Taking to account the history of gas masks usage, we may conclude that it was unlikely that Adolf Hitler could have a tiny mustache in 1914.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4547" style="width: 825px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4547" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4547" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Hitler-is-seated-on-the-far-right-of-the-group.jpg" alt="Hitler is seated on the far right of the group of WW1 comrades" width="815" height="560" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Hitler-is-seated-on-the-far-right-of-the-group.jpg 640w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Hitler-is-seated-on-the-far-right-of-the-group-300x206.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Hitler-is-seated-on-the-far-right-of-the-group-360x248.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4547" class="wp-caption-text">Hitler is seated on the far right of the group of WW1 comrades.</p></div>
<h3>Like a local Bavarian</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hitler had avoided the Austrian enlist for nationality reasons mentioned above. At the same time, he didn&#8217;t miss a chance to join the Bavarian army. Thus we cannot accuse Hitler of acting cowardly.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By the way, while being a part of Germany, Bavaria secured its independent army. The Austrian-born Adolf Hitler requested the right to join that army. On August 16, 1914, he entered the barracks of the 16th Bavarian Reserve Regiment.</span></p>
<h3>The Massacre of the Innocents</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It didn&#8217;t take to long for Hitler to get into the real WW1 massacre. During the first couple of months, he participated in the most horrible battles the German troops encountered.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In October 1914, German and British divisions expanded the front line, as they rushed to close the gap between their positions and the sea. Reserve armies, including the 16th Bavarian Reserve, relocated to Ypres.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In late October, those units assaulted the exhausted but experienced veterans of the British Expeditionary Division. The fresh German recruits experienced a terrible defeat. The 16th engaged in an encounter with 3,600 men. Only 611 unwounded survivors left in just five days. In two weeks, Hitler&#8217;s platoon of 250 soldiers was down to 42.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The losses were devastating. Those young men who survived called this battle the Massacre of the Innocents.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But Hitler proved himself as a brave soldier. He got a promotion to lance-corporal and recommended for the Iron Cross Second Class.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4548" style="width: 632px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4548" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4548" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler-1914.jpg" alt="hitler in uniform, 1914" width="622" height="796" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler-1914.jpg 364w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler-1914-234x300.jpg 234w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hitler-1914-360x461.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4548" class="wp-caption-text">Hitler, 1914</p></div>
<h3>Military and Social Promotion</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While serving in Bavarian Reserve, Hitler felt happy for the first time in his life. It was a perfect chance for social progression.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hitler obtained a decent amount of medals and honor during the rest of WW1.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There&#8217;s no surprise that every german who served with Hitler told about his bravery. Please note, that many of that memoir dated earlier than Adolf Hitler took power in Germany. His former officers remembered him as a &#8220;reckless attacker&#8221; and &#8220;honorable nature.&#8221; Well, WW1 discovered the best sides of Hitler.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hitler served as a runner, communicating messages back and forth between the trenches and commanders. His political opponents used this fact to undermine his reputation. They said he had not faced the risks of the front line, and he wasn&#8217;t in the <a href="https://oldpics.net/trench-raiders-wearing-gas-masks-during-ww1/">trench during french raids.</a> In fact, they were wrong.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Messengers did not participate in the bloody trench onslaughts. But they didn&#8217;t take a rest a stay safe at the same time. Artillery bombardments, gunfire, and gas, could finish the runners&#8217; life immediately. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">For example, three out of the eight messengers in Hitler&#8217;s unit were killed and a fourth severely wounded during the first couple of days of real action.</span></p>
<h3>Bapaume wound</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hitler was wounded several times during WW1. The <a href="https://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/boyhood.htm">battle near Bapaume in 1916</a> caused the most severe damage to his health. The fragment of shell immobilized his leg, and Adolf had stayed behind. He couldn&#8217;t leave the battlefield without assistance on that day. The wound was so bad that recuperation took long five months.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hitler spent all WW1 time on the West Front, from October 1914 to October 1918. They&#8217;re not so many combatants with greater war hours count. But Hitler liked his WW1 experience. He spoke about it as it was the greatest of all adventures. Being part of something greater, serving with personalities he admired, it was a powerful life action for a young man.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hitler never thought that WWI was a historical tragedy of humanity. It was a heroic battle that he participated in with comrades, and essential in a way his civilian life had never been.</span></p>
<h3>The End of the War</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hitler spent several months on the quiet lines near Alsace. The rest of the war he served near Ypres. It was the snowiest, swampiest, most violently contested area of the front.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Heavy shelling, non-stop machine gun fire, and trench attacks became a daily routine. Hitler&#8217;s division encountered in the battles of Ypres, the Somme, and Arras – fights recognized with horror for their cold desolation and terrible losses.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On October 13, Hitler was in the Avangard trenches when the British started a <a href="https://oldpics.net/history-of-ww1-gas-masks-in-photos/">gas attack</a>. The gas flowed unnoticed into his burrow overnight. At dawn, he traveled toward the corps base with a note. The gas blinded Hitler, and he denied any try to hospitalize him.</span></p>
<h3>An honor for courage</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hitler&#8217;s war experience was remarkable. In four years of service, he took part in twelve battles and twenty-five other stints of trench duty. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The war developed military Hitler. The worst horrors of war were somehow linked with the best days of his life.</span></p>
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<div id="attachment_4535" style="width: 944px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4535" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4535" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Serbian-and-Imperial-Russian-officers-are-having-lunch-on-the-front-1916..jpg" alt="Serbian and Imperial Russian officers are having lunch on the front, 1916." width="934" height="534" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Serbian-and-Imperial-Russian-officers-are-having-lunch-on-the-front-1916..jpg 934w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Serbian-and-Imperial-Russian-officers-are-having-lunch-on-the-front-1916.-300x172.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Serbian-and-Imperial-Russian-officers-are-having-lunch-on-the-front-1916.-768x439.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Serbian-and-Imperial-Russian-officers-are-having-lunch-on-the-front-1916.-360x206.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4535" class="wp-caption-text">Serbian and Russian officers are having breakfast on the front, 1916.</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WW1 is a significant chapter in the History of Serbia. This young Slavic state was in the middle of historical events from the first days of the war. WW1 started when the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia. It happened right after 19-year old Serbin Gavrila Princip triggered the action: assassinated Franz Ferdinand, the prince of Austria. The young revolutionary couldn&#8217;t even imagine what kind of historical tornado he called in his home country. Serbia desperately fought till the last day of WW1, losing at least a quarter of its population dead or lost. </span></p>
<div id="attachment_4539" style="width: 671px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4539" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4539" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/The-uniform-of-Archduke-Franz-Ferdinand-from-1914-whose-assassination-triggered-the-outbreak-of-World-War-I.jpg" alt="The uniform of Archduke Franz Ferdinand from 1914, whose assassination triggered the outbreak of World War I" width="661" height="821" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/The-uniform-of-Archduke-Franz-Ferdinand-from-1914-whose-assassination-triggered-the-outbreak-of-World-War-I.jpg 661w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/The-uniform-of-Archduke-Franz-Ferdinand-from-1914-whose-assassination-triggered-the-outbreak-of-World-War-I-242x300.jpg 242w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/The-uniform-of-Archduke-Franz-Ferdinand-from-1914-whose-assassination-triggered-the-outbreak-of-World-War-I-360x447.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4539" class="wp-caption-text">The uniform of Archduke Franz Ferdinand from 1914, whose assassination triggered the outbreak of World War I</p></div>
<h3>Long way to independence</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Serbia covered a long way to its independence from the Osman Empire. Serbians initiated three uprisings against the Muslim rulers at the begging of the 19th century. As a result, the sultan recognized Milos Obrenoviche as a ruler of Serbia in 1815. But the formal independence came in 1878, after the war between Russia and the Osman Empire.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4530" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4530" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4530" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Gavrilo-Princips-parents-if-front-of-their-house-early-1900s.jpg" alt="Gavrilo Princip's parents if front of their house, early 1900s" width="640" height="690" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Gavrilo-Princips-parents-if-front-of-their-house-early-1900s.jpg 640w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Gavrilo-Princips-parents-if-front-of-their-house-early-1900s-278x300.jpg 278w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Gavrilo-Princips-parents-if-front-of-their-house-early-1900s-360x388.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4530" class="wp-caption-text">Gavrilo Princip&#8217;s parents in front of their house, the early 1900s</p></div>
<h3>Serbia was independent, but not satisfied by the beginning of WW1.</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While gaining independence, a lot of Serbians dreamed of uniting all of the south Slavic people under the rule of Belgrade. Some of those Slavic territories were a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Vien set the region on fire, supporting numerous conflicts between Slavic states of Balkan region during <a href="https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/austria-hungary-declares-war-on-serbia">so-called Balkan wars of 1912-1913</a></span></p>
<div id="attachment_4531" style="width: 601px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4531" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4531" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/King-Peter-I-of-Serbia-centre-right-in-conversation-with-with-his-Prime-Minister-Nikola-Pašić-centre-left-during-WWI.jpg" alt="King Peter I of Serbia (centre right) in conversation with with his Prime Minister, Nikola Pašić (centre left), during WWI" width="591" height="692" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/King-Peter-I-of-Serbia-centre-right-in-conversation-with-with-his-Prime-Minister-Nikola-Pašić-centre-left-during-WWI.jpg 591w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/King-Peter-I-of-Serbia-centre-right-in-conversation-with-with-his-Prime-Minister-Nikola-Pašić-centre-left-during-WWI-256x300.jpg 256w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/King-Peter-I-of-Serbia-centre-right-in-conversation-with-with-his-Prime-Minister-Nikola-Pašić-centre-left-during-WWI-360x422.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4531" class="wp-caption-text">King Peter I of Serbia (center right) in conversation with his Prime Minister, Nikola Pašić (center left), during WWI</p></div>
<h3>How one revolutionary from Serbia could start WW1</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There&#8217;s a historical fact that WW1 started right after Gavrilo Princip murdered Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914. But the truth is that WW1 had to begin in one way or another. Austro-Hungary was preparing for it, Germany was preparing for it&#8230; Countries of Antanta did so too. It was a matter of time.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4532" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4532" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4532 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/King-Peter-I-of-Serbia-1914.jpg" alt="Peter, King of Serbia at the beginning of WW1, 1914" width="640" height="853" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/King-Peter-I-of-Serbia-1914.jpg 640w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/King-Peter-I-of-Serbia-1914-225x300.jpg 225w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/King-Peter-I-of-Serbia-1914-360x480.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4532" class="wp-caption-text">Peter, King of Serbia at the beginning of WW1, 1914</p></div>
<h3>A poor start…</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The first weeks of WW1 had brought some mixed success to the army of Serbia. Combat operations in this sector of the front went on with varying success. After winning some battles in August 1914, including the one in the region of the Tser ridge, Serbians couldn&#8217;t resist overwhelming Austria. The Austrian troops took the Serbian capital in November 1914, despite the active help from Russian and French soldiers.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4540" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4540" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4540" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Throne-room-in-the-Royal-Palace-in-Belgrade-Kingdom-of-Serbia-October-1915.jpg" alt="Throne room in the Royal Palace in Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia, October 1915" width="640" height="764" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Throne-room-in-the-Royal-Palace-in-Belgrade-Kingdom-of-Serbia-October-1915.jpg 640w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Throne-room-in-the-Royal-Palace-in-Belgrade-Kingdom-of-Serbia-October-1915-251x300.jpg 251w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Throne-room-in-the-Royal-Palace-in-Belgrade-Kingdom-of-Serbia-October-1915-360x430.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4540" class="wp-caption-text">The throne room in the Royal Palace in Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia, October 1915</p></div>
<h3>A king of Serbia in the trenches of WW1</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">King Peter joined the army of Serbia in November 1914. He couldn&#8217;t act like <a href="https://oldpics.net/trench-raiders-wearing-gas-masks-during-ww1/">french trench raiders</a>, but he managed to ignite the inner fire in his troops that suffered poor morale. Peter ordered a new offensive. Serbian started it on December 3, 1914. During the 12 days of fighting on the river Kolubare and river Drina, they defeated the Austro-Hungarian troops. On December 15, the Serbians took Belgrade back. Not a single Austro-Hungarian soldier remained on Serbian territory; more than 50 thousand prisoners were captured, 126 cannons, 70 machine guns, and many other trophies.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4533" style="width: 970px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4533" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4533" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Mobilized-Austro-Hungarian-troops-sent-across-Sarajevo-for-Serbia-1914..jpg" alt="Mobilized Austro-Hungarian troops sent across Sarajevo for Serbia, 1914." width="960" height="492" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Mobilized-Austro-Hungarian-troops-sent-across-Sarajevo-for-Serbia-1914..jpg 960w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Mobilized-Austro-Hungarian-troops-sent-across-Sarajevo-for-Serbia-1914.-300x154.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Mobilized-Austro-Hungarian-troops-sent-across-Sarajevo-for-Serbia-1914.-768x394.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Mobilized-Austro-Hungarian-troops-sent-across-Sarajevo-for-Serbia-1914.-360x185.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4533" class="wp-caption-text">Mobilized Austro-Hungarian troops sent across Sarajevo for Serbia, 1914.</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The fails of 1915</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Serbia passed through two major historical blows during the battles of WW1 in 1915. It all started when the German forces joined the Austro-Hungarians in October 1915. Austro-Hungarian and German troops suppressed the fierce resistance of Serbians and retook Belgrade on October 9. Serbs retreated to the south.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The second blow came from the Balkanian brothers. On October 14, Bulgaria entered WW1 on the side of Germany. Bulgarians invaded Serbia on the morning of the next day.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4526" style="width: 970px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4526" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4526" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/71-year-old-Peter-King-of-Serbia-crossing-the-Drim-river-during-the-retreat-of-the-Serbian-Army-in-December-1915-.jpg" alt="71-year-old Peter, King of Serbia, crossing the Drim river during the retreat of the Serbian Army in December 1915" width="960" height="594" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/71-year-old-Peter-King-of-Serbia-crossing-the-Drim-river-during-the-retreat-of-the-Serbian-Army-in-December-1915-.jpg 960w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/71-year-old-Peter-King-of-Serbia-crossing-the-Drim-river-during-the-retreat-of-the-Serbian-Army-in-December-1915--300x186.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/71-year-old-Peter-King-of-Serbia-crossing-the-Drim-river-during-the-retreat-of-the-Serbian-Army-in-December-1915--768x475.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/71-year-old-Peter-King-of-Serbia-crossing-the-Drim-river-during-the-retreat-of-the-Serbian-Army-in-December-1915--360x223.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4526" class="wp-caption-text">King of Serbia while crossing the Drim river during the retreat of the Serbian Army in December 1915</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4525" style="width: 970px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4525" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4525" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/71-year-old-Peter-I-King-of-Serbia-retreats-across-Jankova-gorge-November-1915.jpg" alt="" width="960" height="532" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/71-year-old-Peter-I-King-of-Serbia-retreats-across-Jankova-gorge-November-1915.jpg 960w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/71-year-old-Peter-I-King-of-Serbia-retreats-across-Jankova-gorge-November-1915-300x166.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/71-year-old-Peter-I-King-of-Serbia-retreats-across-Jankova-gorge-November-1915-768x426.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/71-year-old-Peter-I-King-of-Serbia-retreats-across-Jankova-gorge-November-1915-360x200.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4525" class="wp-caption-text">71-year-old Peter I, King of Serbia, retreats across Jankova gorge, November 1915</p></div>
<h3>An Italian retreat</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lost battles forced the French command to transport the Serbian army to Italy, and then to Tunisia. Serbian units restructured there and subsequently returned to the front. This relocation required massive naval support. The helping hand came from France and England.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4527" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4527" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4527" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Austro-Hungarian-soldiers-executing-men-and-women-in-Serbia-1916..jpg" alt="Austro-Hungarian soldiers executing men and women in Serbia, 1916." width="600" height="335" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Austro-Hungarian-soldiers-executing-men-and-women-in-Serbia-1916..jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Austro-Hungarian-soldiers-executing-men-and-women-in-Serbia-1916.-300x168.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Austro-Hungarian-soldiers-executing-men-and-women-in-Serbia-1916.-360x201.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4527" class="wp-caption-text">Austro-Hungarian soldiers executing men and women in Serbia, 1916.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4528" style="width: 970px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4528" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4528" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Austro-Hungarian-troops-executing-captured-Serbians-1917.jpg" alt="Austro-Hungarian troops executing captured Serbians, 1917" width="960" height="535" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Austro-Hungarian-troops-executing-captured-Serbians-1917.jpg 960w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Austro-Hungarian-troops-executing-captured-Serbians-1917-300x167.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Austro-Hungarian-troops-executing-captured-Serbians-1917-768x428.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Austro-Hungarian-troops-executing-captured-Serbians-1917-360x201.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4528" class="wp-caption-text">Austro-Hungarian troops executing captured Serbians, 1917</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Serbs continue to fight on the Thessaloniki front</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Serbs continued resistance in Albania on the so-called Thessaloniki front. France reinforced the Serbians with their divisions in May 1916. In total, the Serbian troops numbered 130,000 people. The allied forces in the Balkans reached 300,000.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4529" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4529" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4529" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Captain-of-the-Serbian-army.-A-veteran-of-7-wars-again-on-the-front-with-his-3-sons.-WW1-1915.jpg" alt="Captain of the Serbian army. A veteran of 7 wars, again on the front with his 3 sons. WW1, -1915" width="640" height="690" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Captain-of-the-Serbian-army.-A-veteran-of-7-wars-again-on-the-front-with-his-3-sons.-WW1-1915.jpg 640w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Captain-of-the-Serbian-army.-A-veteran-of-7-wars-again-on-the-front-with-his-3-sons.-WW1-1915-278x300.jpg 278w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Captain-of-the-Serbian-army.-A-veteran-of-7-wars-again-on-the-front-with-his-3-sons.-WW1-1915-360x388.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4529" class="wp-caption-text">Captain of the Serbian army. A veteran of 7 wars, again on the front with his three sons. WW1 -1915</p></div>
<h3>Long-awaited victory</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Antanta troops received significant superiority by the end of the summer of 1918. They initiated a new offensive with extensive<a href="https://oldpics.net/history-of-ww1-gas-masks-in-photos/"> usage of gas attacks</a> on the Thessaloniki front. Demoralized Bulgaria could overcome this defeat and capitulate on September 29. Serbian army victoriously entered Belgrade on October 18, 1918. It was a new glorious page in Serbian history &#8211; Belgrade became the capital of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (since 1929 &#8211; Yugoslavia).</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4536" style="width: 760px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4536" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4536" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Serbian-soldier-holding-his-dead-brother.-Battle-of-Kaymakchalan-Serbia-12.09.1916-WWI.jpg" alt="Serbian soldier holding his dead brother. Battle of Kaymakchalan, Serbia 12.09.1916 WWI" width="750" height="678" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Serbian-soldier-holding-his-dead-brother.-Battle-of-Kaymakchalan-Serbia-12.09.1916-WWI.jpg 750w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Serbian-soldier-holding-his-dead-brother.-Battle-of-Kaymakchalan-Serbia-12.09.1916-WWI-300x271.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Serbian-soldier-holding-his-dead-brother.-Battle-of-Kaymakchalan-Serbia-12.09.1916-WWI-360x325.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4536" class="wp-caption-text">Serbian soldier holding his dead brother. Battle of Kaymakchalan, Serbia 12.09.1916 WWI</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4537" style="width: 778px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4537" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4537" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Serbian-soldier-on-his-only-sons-grave-also-soldier-WW1.-Serbia-lost-25-of-population-1-million-killed_died-including-60-of-adult-male-population-in-a-war.jpg" alt="Serbian soldier on his only son's grave (also soldier), WW1. Serbia lost 25% of population (1 million killed_died), including 60% of adult male population in a war" width="768" height="440" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Serbian-soldier-on-his-only-sons-grave-also-soldier-WW1.-Serbia-lost-25-of-population-1-million-killed_died-including-60-of-adult-male-population-in-a-war.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Serbian-soldier-on-his-only-sons-grave-also-soldier-WW1.-Serbia-lost-25-of-population-1-million-killed_died-including-60-of-adult-male-population-in-a-war-300x172.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Serbian-soldier-on-his-only-sons-grave-also-soldier-WW1.-Serbia-lost-25-of-population-1-million-killed_died-including-60-of-adult-male-population-in-a-war-360x206.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4537" class="wp-caption-text">Serbian soldier on his only son&#8217;s grave (also a soldier), WW1. Serbia lost 25% of the population (1 million killed_died), including 60% of the adult male population in a war.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4538" style="width: 970px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4538" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4538" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Soldiers-of-the-1st-Bulgarian-Army-salute-a-column-of-German-soldiers-passing-through-Paraćin-Serbia-November-1915..jpg" alt="Soldiers of the 1st Bulgarian Army salute a column of German soldiers passing through Paraćin, Serbia, November, 1915." width="960" height="551" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Soldiers-of-the-1st-Bulgarian-Army-salute-a-column-of-German-soldiers-passing-through-Paraćin-Serbia-November-1915..jpg 960w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Soldiers-of-the-1st-Bulgarian-Army-salute-a-column-of-German-soldiers-passing-through-Paraćin-Serbia-November-1915.-300x172.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Soldiers-of-the-1st-Bulgarian-Army-salute-a-column-of-German-soldiers-passing-through-Paraćin-Serbia-November-1915.-768x441.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Soldiers-of-the-1st-Bulgarian-Army-salute-a-column-of-German-soldiers-passing-through-Paraćin-Serbia-November-1915.-360x207.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4538" class="wp-caption-text">Soldiers of the 1st Bulgarian Army salute a column of German soldiers passing through Paraćin, Serbia, in November 1915.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4534" style="width: 970px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4534" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4534" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Muslims-of-Serbian-Army-Laying-Oath-before-the-Mufti-of-Niš-Niš-Serbia-1915.jpg" alt="Muslims of Serbian Army Laying Oath before the Mufti of Niš (Niš, Serbia, 1915)" width="960" height="598" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Muslims-of-Serbian-Army-Laying-Oath-before-the-Mufti-of-Niš-Niš-Serbia-1915.jpg 960w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Muslims-of-Serbian-Army-Laying-Oath-before-the-Mufti-of-Niš-Niš-Serbia-1915-300x187.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Muslims-of-Serbian-Army-Laying-Oath-before-the-Mufti-of-Niš-Niš-Serbia-1915-768x478.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Muslims-of-Serbian-Army-Laying-Oath-before-the-Mufti-of-Niš-Niš-Serbia-1915-360x224.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4534" class="wp-caption-text">Muslims of the Serbian Army Laying Oath before the Mufti of Niš (Niš, Serbia, 1915)</p></div>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4431" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Trench-Raiders-in-gas-masks-ww1.jpg" alt="Trench Raiders in gas masks, ww1" width="640" height="467" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Trench-Raiders-in-gas-masks-ww1.jpg 640w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Trench-Raiders-in-gas-masks-ww1-300x219.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Trench-Raiders-in-gas-masks-ww1-360x263.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" />Yes, if you wanted to survive WW1, you <a href="https://oldpics.net/history-of-ww1-gas-masks-in-photos/">had to wear gas masks</a>. Even if you’re french commandos, the so-called trench raiders. The trench raiders usually used knives or light weapons during their missions. They are wearing gas masks and camouflage and never used signs of the French army. Those die-hards used german crosses and uniform elements instead. Their goal was to come as close to the enemy’s trench, get inside and stab as many opponents as possible. Surprisingly, but theirs WW1 gas masks served a crucial role in survival. The German war protocol strictly prohibited the wearing of gas masks during the action. It was forbidden to take them off, and the officer couldn’t order so while in a trench. When the German officer had an urgent need to see the soldier’s face, he had to take him off the trench and take the mask off in a safe place. Here’s how trench raiders had a chance to disappear in the trenches while doing their risky job.</span></p>
<h4>Why combatants need gas masks during WW1</h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Germans were the first to realize the efficiency of the gas attacks, but other countries followed them very soon. The very first german forces used chemical shells on April 22 versus the french division. <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/man-who-invented-first-gas-mask-180963073/">Russian forces faced the green gas threat on May 31, 1915.</a> A greenish cloud that appeared above the trenches at about 3:30 a.m. was mistaken for a well-known smoke screen, usually followed by an attack. Therefore, reserves tightened around the front line, and the forward line as crowded as possible.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Two Russian regiments were virtually destroyed as a result. Losses included 16 officers and 3147 soldiers. Total casualties on the entire front sector hit eight thousand.</span></p>
<p>All sides of WW1 widely used gas attacks until the last days of the war, due to their effectiveness. Here&#8217;s why gas masks were the only way to survive for infantry, civilians, and even animals during the war action.</p>
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