Imperial War Museum: WWI

I visited the Imperial War Museum in 1998, and had decided recently it was time for me to return and refresh. The Museum concerns itself primarily with the major wars of the 20th century, WWI and WWII, a formidable enough task for a single museum. Fortunately, the IWM is by no means the only British museum that concerns these and other wars. I'll just post some pix I thought of particular interest or insight.

Entrance to the old museum; two WWI 15 inch naval guns...

In the gift shop: the gin craze continues; the Spitfire 
craze continues

"We happy few..."

Interesting display on ship camouflage, "dazzle," introduced in WWI and continued
in WWII; thought to confuse U-boat perceptions at night...many variations

Closer-up, an example; I always wanted to repaint our last US RV
(Le Sport) in warship camouflage; or maybe zebra...

The Empire was not a happy place as it entered WWI

A 42cm siege mortar shell, such as chiefly used to destroy French
and Belgian towns

The reliable French 75mm field artillery piece, prominent early in
the war

Enlistment posters

Weapons

Gas masks

Battles of Verdun...one of the war's many campaigns

Irish rebellion, encouraged by Germany

Development of convoy tactics, responding to German submarines  

War in the air begins

And is increasingly mechanized on the ground

Map of a "creeping barrage" of artillery that enabled the Canadians

to seize Vimy Ridge

Official war artist Paul Nash's depiction of "no man's land"

The war ended as German troops saw its futility;
French troops had already mutinied...