Saturday, May 16, 2026

The Spoils of War 1918


The Spoils of War

A smiling and relaxed Canadian soldier from the 2nd Canadian Siege Battery strips down to his shirtsleeves to casually pose with a prized war trophy—a German MG 08/15 machine gun—while standing on a highly degraded, blown-out trench lip in France during the Hundred Days Offensive, August – October 1918. This was the final Allied push of the First World War.


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