Indian soldiers In Mesopotamia, 1918, during World War I. As other soldiers run for the cover of slit trenches, an Indian Lewis gun team engage an enemy aircraft. [1600x912]

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image showing Indian soldiers In Mesopotamia, 1918, during World War I. As other soldiers run for the cover of slit trenches, an Indian Lewis gun team engage an enemy aircraft. [1600x912]

castizo on June 29th, 2018 at 12:51 UTC »

Those are pretty cool turbans.

Mistr_MADness on June 29th, 2018 at 13:16 UTC »

Many countries used improvised anti aircraft defenses in WWI. Austro Hungarian troops, for example, mounted machine guns to wagon wheels on vertical posts.

sadbarrett on June 29th, 2018 at 15:03 UTC »

I live in Bangalore, and every time I visit Brigade Road I see the World War 1 memorial with names of soldiers/officers inscribed in English, Hindi and Tamil. I wonder what their lives were like, and how different my life would have been if I were living in that era.