The soldiers life through ages
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Roman soldiers life [edit]
Medieval and Renaissance era [edit]
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A Renaissance army on the move with civilian followers.
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Early Modern Age [edit]
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A wounded English soldier taking refuge in a hayloft after the Battle of Sedgemoor and helped by civilian women.
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French mousquetaires ( musketeers) playing a game of piquet.
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A french infantry barrack at the end of the Ancien Regime.
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Bivouac of the Strasbourg National Guard during the French Revolution.
19th-century soldiers life [edit]
Napoleonic wars [edit]
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Napoleon at a french soldier's bivouac.
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Prussian biwak with a vivandière saling goods to the troops.
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French military cadet studying.
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French cuirassiers envoying a game of bowling.
Crimean War [edit]
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Wounded soldiers at the Florence Nightingale's Scutari hospital.
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The Camp Theatre outside Sebastopol.
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Cavalry camp near Balaklava (1855).
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Interior of an Officer's tent.
American Civil War [edit]
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Civilian afro-american gang washing clothes for the US troops at the General Lafayette's Headquarter.
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Preparing a meal.
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Army blacksmith and forge, Antietam, Maryland, september 1862.
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Camp Chaplain and soldiers.
European armies [edit]
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An Italian army's bivouac during manoeuvers.
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French army camp during the 1870-71 war with the German Empire.
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French soldiers dueling.
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Mustering Swedish soldiers.
Early 20th century armies [edit]
World War I [edit]
World War II [edit]
- German army.
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Blokhaus construction on the Russian front.
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Awaiting Ivan - a sentry on the Eastern front.
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Essensausgabe - food distribution for Luftwaffe's ground troops.
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Soldiers repairing vehicles on a field workshop.
- Japanese imperial army.
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Physical examination for conscription.
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Shintoist ceremonial service for fallen comrades in Nanking.
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Japanese army's tent.
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Japanese soldiers constructing a bridge in Malaya.
- Allied armies.
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The Phony War : French and British soldiers enjoying a meal near a shelter (1939).
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A British armoured car under repair in a French farm yard (1939).
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The "Red Ball Express" supply convoys : loading/unloading combat rations for the US troops.
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Hot meal for soldiers on the Belgian front during the Battle of the Bulge (winter 1944-45).
Late 20th-century and contemporary armies [edit]
Military life reenactment and reconstruction [edit]
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Preparing For War - a medieval reconstruction in the Kingmaker exhibition at Warwick Castle (UK).
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Getting His Kit On - another part of the exhibition.
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Army and Navy hard tack - the soldiers and sailors "combat ration" for centuries.
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Reconstructed assortment of medicines used during the American Civil War.
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A Roman camp reenactment (the chairs are not matching).
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A Napoleonic bivouac reenactment on the battlefield of Waterloo (Belgium) - last battle of the Emperor (June 1815).
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An American Civil War camp reconstructed at the White Pine Village (Michigan).
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American Civil War reenactors relax around the campfire.
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Christmas Truce World War I reenactment.
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A World War I Austrian army's field kitchen reconstruction in Pisek.
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Relaxing at the bivouac (World War II reenactment).
Related/Selected Bibliography [edit]
- Philip Warner : The Soldier : His Daily Life through the Ages, Littlehampton Book Services Ltd 1975 (ISBN - 9780213165567)
