#WW1 is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 88 people shared 648 posts with it — around 22 a day. Activity is up 28% versus the previous week, peaking on Aug 27 with 39 posts.

Posts with #WW1

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris

@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social

almost 2 years ago

During #WW1, Marie Curie created a vehicle that contained a hospital bed, generator, X-ray machine & photographic darkroom equipment. These “petite Curies" (below) could be driven right up to the Front. Curie trained 150 women as radiology technicians. #histmed #skystorians #histsci

An old automobile from World War I with an open top. The side has a Red Cross on it and underneath it reads: "Radiologie."

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RG Poulussen

@rgpoulussen.bsky.social

1 day ago

#OTD in 1918, Dundee. French Chasseurs. #WW1 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen

@rgpoulussen.bsky.social

1 day ago

#OTD in 1918, Méaulte area, France. Whippet tanks captured by the Germans and recaptured by the British. #WW1 #HISTORY

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris

@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

During #WW1, artists like Anna Coleman Ladd created masks for disfigured soldiers. The metal was painted with hard enamel to resemble the recipient's skin tone. Ladd used real hair to create the eyelashes, eyebrows and moustaches. Had it not been for her efforts, many would have lived in isolation.

A black and white photo from the First World War. There is a soldier seated in the foreground. He is wearing a metal mask that has a mustache. Behind him is a woman holding a paint brush. This is Anna Coleman Ladd, the artist who created the mask.

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Jonny Dyer

@kaiserjonny.bsky.social

almost 2 years ago

The Brooding Soldier memorial at Saint-Julien, Langemarck near Ypres. It commemorates Canadian troops killed in a poison gas attack during the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915. #FWWHistory #WW1 #Canada #Ypres #Flanders

The Brooding Soldier memorial to Canadian soldiers killed during the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915.

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RN ship losses

@rnshiplosses.bsky.social

1 day ago

20 Sept 1914 // Light cruiser HMS Pegasus was sunk in Zanzibar harbour by gunfire from German light cruiser Königsberg. Pegasus was having her engines repaired and was immobilised when she came under attack. 38 of her 224 crew were lost. (Imperial War Museum Q 75404) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory #WW1

Protected cruiser HMS Pegasus, sunk in Zanzibar harbour on 20 September 1914. Image Imperial War Museum: Q 75404. A two-funnelled warship moored in harbour, viewed from broad on the starboard bow, with a small boat visible at her bows and the shoreline behind.

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RN ship losses

@rnshiplosses.bsky.social

3 days ago

18 Sept 1917 // Destroyer HMS Contest was torpedoed and sunk by a U-boat (either UB.32 or U.106) in the Western Approaches while on convoy duty. She was assisting torpedo-damaged steamer SS City of Lincoln when attacked. 35 of her crew died. (IWM Q 75127). #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

Destroyer HMS Contest. Imperial War Museum image: Q 75127. Black and white photograph of a destroyer at anchor, viewed from off the port bow.

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King

@sammyflex.bsky.social

9 days ago

Resharing a clip I saw circulating of a restored/repro Renault FT on the move. Supremely cool to see! #MilitaryHistory #France #Tank #Armor #WWI #WW1 #WWII #WW2

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Jack Bowsher - Thunder Run

@historybowsh.bsky.social

almost 2 years ago

One of the beauties of this new place is that I can share things from years ago again - this is probably the most popular tweet I’ve ever sent: a lockdown project that got out of hand. It now lives at the front of my classroom, students love it! #history #fww #ww1 #tanks #trenches #landship #mkv

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RN ship losses

@rnshiplosses.bsky.social

5 days ago

16 Sept 1918 // Coastal defence ship HMS Glatton caught fire in Dover harbour, threatening the town with a devastating magazine explosion. This was prevented when she was scuttled with torpedoes by HMS Cossack. A total of 79 men lost their lives. (IWM SP 2595 & SP 2083) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

Royal Navy coastal defence ship HMS Glatton, originally built for the Norwegian navy as the Bjørgvin, photographed in 1918. Image: Imperial War Museum, SP2595. Black and white photograph of a rather top-heavy looking warship with large guns and superstructure, viewed from off the starboard bow, at anchor in the mist with a hilly shoreline visible in the background. In the foreground is a small boat with a single sail.

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Jonny Dyer

@kaiserjonny.bsky.social

almost 2 years ago

Today marks the 107th anniversary of the Battle of Cambrai. This is Deborah, a Mark IV tank recovered from the battlefield in 1998 and now housed in a museum in the French village of Flesquières. #FWWHistory #WW1 #Cambrai #France #photography #tank

Deborah, a Mark IV female tank armed with machine guns which took part in the Allied offensive at Cambrai on November 20th 1917. Known primarily as the first massed tank attack of the Great War, the battle was also notable for the combination of artillery and infantry which saw initial success before the German counterattacks later in the month.

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Paul

@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social

5 days ago

16 September 1914 The BEF was ordered by Field Marshal Sir John French to entrench and hold their ground. This pivot is widely recognised by historians as the formal beginning of the multi-year trench warfare stalemate on the Western Front. #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters