The course and end of the First World War (1914-1924)

A train on a narrow-gauge railway built by German sappers.

Sappers constructing a wooden dugout.

Loading railway cars.

A truck approaches a bridge.

German soldiers being transported in railway cars.

Transporting goods and personnel of the German army along a narrow-gauge railway line.

Moving wooden logs using a sapper cart.

An elephant pushing a flatcar with lumber for building fortifications.

German soldiers plowing a field.

Baking bread in a German field bakery.

Carrying trays of fresh bread to a mess tent.

Life in the trenches of German soldiers during the First World War.

Conducting a parade on the front lines.

German troops moving through the streets of a French city.

A German soldier feeding a hen and her chicks.

German soldiers play a piano brought outside.

German soldiers waltz with each other.

German soldiers and civilians at the entrance to a theater in a French city.

Actors prepare for a performance.

A concert of amateur soldiers in a German army unit.

An artist dressed in a woman's dress performs a comic skit for the soldiers.

German soldiers play cards.

German soldiers and local residents on the streets of a French city.

Patriotic demonstrations in Paris.

French Prime Minister Clemenceau and his entourage attend a government meeting.

A military parade in London in 1918 to celebrate victory in World War I. Naval sailors march in parade formation.

Military units march across the bridge over the Thames (top).

Panorama of part of the Palace of Versailles, where the Peace Conference was held in 1919. Interior view of the conference hall (panorama).

Photo portraits of British Prime Minister Lloyd George, US President Wilson, and French Prime Minister Clemenceau.

Cheering people on the streets of London in November 1918. A demonstration in front of Buckingham Palace.

The demonstration continues at night.

View of the cenotaph to war heroes in Whitehall (top).

King George V lays a wreath at the monument on November 11, 1920, Remembrance Day for those who died in World War I. A panorama of part of the Palace of Versailles, where the Peace Conference was held in 1919. An interior view of the conference hall (panorama).

Diplomats and military personnel participating in the conference enter the hall.

The text of the Treaty of Versailles, sealed with seals.

Seals and signatures under the treaty.

Ceremonial parade of troops in London on November 11, 1924. An inscription on the pedestal of the cenotaph.

Guests from France at the event.

Wreath-laying events in London.

Foreign diplomats lay wreaths at the Cenotaph, a ceremonial march of the Queen's Guard.

Farewell to British soldiers returning home from France.

British residents greet the returning soldiers.

German prisoners of war in a French camp, faces of prisoners of war (panorama).

A French officer interrogates German prisoners of war.

Registration of prisoners of war arriving at the camp.

A German prisoner of war chews bread and smiles.

The life and daily life of German prisoners of war in a French camp.

German prisoners of war write letters home.

German prisoners of war play chess and cards.

Destruction in French cities as a result of military action, a panorama of a destroyed city block in Bethune.

Panorama of destruction in Cambrai, ruins of houses.

Destroyed buildings in Reims in May 1918. Plowing a field with tractors after the end of the war, sappers inspect the furrows.