I highly recommend this site. 'Accounts and Galleries from Great War Books and Magazines
with more than 7500 Authentic Period Photos, Illustrations and Newsarticles.'
It takes a look at books written at the time or shortly after, things like children's books, magazines etc on the Great War. The result is fascinating - some really excellent artwork and a look at the way our ancestors were encouraged to look at the war. A lot of it in colour. This picture left of German Uhlans comes from a French children's book Joffre-Foch which depicts action in a picturesque and comic-book style. Uhlans were featured a lot in the books of the time - they were to the popular press THE German cavalry.
Anyway visit this site - check out the Uniforms section or the section on Minerva armoured cars, tanks in action to give you a flavour of what's on offer.
I started this search wanting to see some colour pics of the 1914 Belgian army.
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