Jeff Gusky

French military fort de Troyon located between Verdun and Saint-Mihiel #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

Gear mechanism of big gun inside Fort Douaumont on the Verdun battlefield #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

Gear mechanism of big gun inside Fort Douaumont on the Verdun battlefield #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

Counting the days. Found inside a former troop dormitory in an abandoned fort of Verdun #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

Colonel Drian’ts bunker in the forest of Bois de Caures #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

Observation post at Fort Douaumont, Verdun #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

Inside Colonel Driant’s bunker on the Verdun battlefield #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

The initial battle of Verdun occurred here at Colonel Driant’s bunker. He and most of the 1,200 men under his command died in the fighting. #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

Allied troops overwhelmed German guards before they could ignite pre-placed explosives intended to destroy the Riqueval bridge before it fell into enemy hands. The conquest of the bridge helped the allies to break the Hindenberg Line. #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

Winter sunset on Verdun Battlefield #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

Scarred landscape of Verdun battlefield today #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

Spent rocket shells at outdoor trench museum in Sanctuary Wood, Belgium #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

Part of original WWI trench system at Sanctuary Wood, Belgium #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

Voie Sacree, the “Sacred Way”, was the supply road over which the critical war materials were transported, often at great risk, to the battlefield of Verdun. #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

Original WWI trench system at Sanctuary Wood, Belgium #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

Wartime destruction still visible after the passage of a century at Vimy Ridge #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

This amusement park near Hooge, Belgium was the actual site of one of the most famous photographs of WWI destruction by Australian WWI photographer Frank Hurley. #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

WWI Rum bottle fragment used for practical purpose by a farmer near Ypres, Belgium to create a fence #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

Langemark German cemetery near Ypres, Belgium #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography

Patient’s room in a German field hospital #ww1 #blackandwhitephotography