21 Colorized Photos Depicting the Reality of World War I

Most people see World War I through grainy black-and-white photographs. But with restored and colorized images, we’re able to see a new side of the war: Faces of young soldiers paralyzed with fear, mud-soaked trenches, and the small pockets of joy that kept those in the frontlines going. These rare glimpses in color bridge more than a century of history, showing why the Great War was one of the most consequential and devastating chapters in history.

1. Men of the Royal Garrison Artillery Haul a BL 6-Inch 26 Cwt Howitzer Into Position on the Balkan Front, May 1917

2. German Soldiers Posing Among Ruins, 1918

3. German Soldiers With a Mauser T-Gewehr Anti-Tank Rifle Take Aim During a Battle in Bray-sur-Somme, France, 1918

4. Safety First: Soldiers and Donkey Wearing Gas Masks, Circa 1917

5. Troops From the 13th Battalion Prepare To Advance on the Village of Veldhoek in Belgium, September 1917

6. Soldiers From the British Army Carry Duckboards Over a Support Line Trench Under Cover of Night, January 1917

7. German Soldiers Use a Sound Locator Device on the Frontlines of Neuve-Chapelle, Northern France, 1916

8. ‘German Soldiers in Winter Gear on the Eastern Front, 1917’

9. ‘An American Soldier Bids Farewell To His Family Before Leaving for France in 1917’

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