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Old photographs of French soldiers from World War I from more than 100 years ago, soldiers on the border between France and Switzerland

Old photographs of French soldiers from World War I from more than 100 years ago, soldiers on the border between France and Switzerland

The photograph was taken in June 1917 in the French province of Haut-Rhine, when the First World War was underway in the European theaters, and the French soldiers were still enjoying the pre-war tranquility, and these soldiers also had a nickname at the time, which was furry, meaning that the soldiers were not paid a monthly salary, so that they did not even have the money to shave their beards regularly.

Old photographs of French soldiers from World War I from more than 100 years ago, soldiers on the border between France and Switzerland

The photograph was taken on the streets of France in 1917, where a postman was checking mailboxes, and the main means of communication for ordinary people at that time was through letters. Filmed in France during World War I, four soldiers were using machine guns to strike enemy aircraft, and at that time, the military weapon of anti-aircraft and high altitude had not yet been invented, and the aircraft in the sky were still only old-fashioned propeller aircraft, so they could also hit the aircraft in the sky in this way.

Old photographs of French soldiers from World War I from more than 100 years ago, soldiers on the border between France and Switzerland

Photographed on the streets of France in 1917, a thirsty soldier drinking tap water on the street shows that the urban infrastructure in France was already perfect at that time, and the tap facilities were protected by stone tablets.

Old photographs of French soldiers from World War I from more than 100 years ago, soldiers on the border between France and Switzerland

This photograph was taken in 1917 on the french-Swiss border, where four French soldiers were standing in front of the barbed wire fence, and on the other side of the barbed wire was the Swiss border post, where several Swiss soldiers were watching closely.

Old photographs of French soldiers from World War I from more than 100 years ago, soldiers on the border between France and Switzerland

This photograph was taken in Hong Kong, China in 1917, and the two women in the photograph are Chinese and a Frenchman, and the Chinese woman's temperament is not inferior to that of the Frenchman, but the feet of this Chinese woman look like a pair of small feet.

Old photographs of French soldiers from World War I from more than 100 years ago, soldiers on the border between France and Switzerland

This photograph was taken on the streets of Shanghai on March 27, 1927, with rifles in armed workers led by the Communist Party of China, which controlled parts of Shanghai at the time, and who were later killed by the Massacre of kuomintang reactionaries.

Old photographs of French soldiers from World War I from more than 100 years ago, soldiers on the border between France and Switzerland

This photo was taken in Hebei in 1933, a middle-aged woman is sitting at the door to feed her child, this woman has a pair of small feet, and the age seems to be relatively high, her age at that time can also be considered to be married, see her children do not even have to wear pants, their family should not be very good.

Old photographs of French soldiers from World War I from more than 100 years ago, soldiers on the border between France and Switzerland

This photo was taken in Chengde in 1935, a military vehicle fell into a mud pit, surrounded by crowds of onlookers, several soldiers did not worry about what was in front of them, and they showed a bright smile in front of the camera.

This road was a very wide official road in the feudal period, which used to be used for cattle, horses and people to carry palanquins, and after entering modern society, these mud roads could not bear the weight of cars.

Old photographs of French soldiers from World War I from more than 100 years ago, soldiers on the border between France and Switzerland

This photograph was taken on the streets of Tianjin in September 1938, when it rained heavily, and then it became like this, the water was already as deep as the chest of an adult man, and people had to move forward in the water with difficulty.

Old photographs of French soldiers from World War I from more than 100 years ago, soldiers on the border between France and Switzerland

This photograph was taken on the streets of Tianjin in the late Qing Dynasty, and a man who, for some reason, was being escorted forward by two Japanese soldiers was simply a disgrace to the Qing Dynasty, a sovereign state that allowed these Wokou to treat their own people in their own land.

Old photographs of French soldiers from World War I from more than 100 years ago, soldiers on the border between France and Switzerland

This photograph was taken in Tianjin in 1900, after the German Marines landed in Tianjin, and these soldiers from Europe were marching to the Allied camp to assemble.

Old photographs of French soldiers from World War I from more than 100 years ago, soldiers on the border between France and Switzerland

This photograph was taken at the Tianjin Railway Station in 1900, and these soldiers were Italian soldiers of the Eight-Power Alliance, and Italy sent a total of fifty-three soldiers that year, although they were small in number, but they received a lot of compensation in the Treaty of Xinugu.

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