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ON THE BATTLEFIELD

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Day guard doing duty in the German trenches on the Eastern Front

c1916 Jan. 13.

Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

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German Transport column outside Nisch

Photograph shows German soldiers outside of Nis, Serbia during World War I.

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

Nis

Nis.jpg
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German machine gun in action

Photograph shows German soldiers using machine gun in trench during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016)

between ca. 1915 and 1918

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Verdun

Verdun.jpg

German Artillery Chief before Verdun

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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German Bomb-proof shelter, 5 yards deep

Photograph shows a German bomb-proof shelter during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1916

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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German bomb-proof and mine tunnel

Photograph shows a German bomb-proof shelter and tunnel during World War I.

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1918

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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German Marine Infantry Patrolling Belgian coast

Photograph shows German infantry on the coast of Belgium during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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German trenches churned by British shells

Photograph shows German trenches after being hit by British artillery shells during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1918

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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German soldiers in trench,

Ca 1914 – 1915

Photo copyrighted by International Press Exchange

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Captured armored observation tank of Germans

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Crater of mine in German Trenches

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Germans repairing bridge over Dunajec in Galicia [i.e. Galitzia]

Photograph shows Germans fixing a bridge over the Dunajec River,

in southern Poland during World War I.

Area was formerly known as Galitizia (Galicia).

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

between 1915 and 1918

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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German locomotive in the Somme damaged by French shells

Photograph shows a soldier standing next to a German locomotive

which was damaged by French shells in the Somme, France during World War I.

between 1915 and 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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German soldiers firing at attacking French troops from prone position

c1915 Aug. 30

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Parade of victorious Wurtemberg Regiment before German Cross Prince and staff

Photograph shows German Cross Prince and staff saluting as regiment marches by.

c1915

Underwood & Underwood, photographer

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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An Ambulance on the road near the Somme front.

In the wake of the Germans, note what they have done to the trees

between 1915 and 1920

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Recruits of 1st Snowshoe Battalion, Munich

Photograph shows German soldiers on snowshoes during World War I.

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Shelters behind German Lines

Photograph shows German soldiers, vehicles and shelters during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

1916

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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