Showing posts with label assault. Show all posts
Showing posts with label assault. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Panoramic View of German Soldiers During a Mock Battle Shortly Before the Start of World War 1 (1910's)


Panoramic view of German soldiers during a mock battle shortly before the start of World War 1, c. 1914. Published in a 1914 compilation book of Illustrated War News.

Monday, August 18, 2014

Second View of Japanese Troops Killed in an Assault on a Russian Fort During the Siege of Port Arthur (1904)


Russian soldiers posing with Japanese troops killed in an assault on a Russian fort during the Siege of Port Arthur, 1904. Animated stereoview.

Source.

A Japanese Mine Exploding Under the Defenses of a Russian-held Fort on East Kikwan Hill During the Siege of Port Arthur (1904)



Photograph of a Japanese mine exploding under the defenses of a Russian-held fort on East Kikwan Hill during the Siege of Port Arthur, 1904. Probably the first photograph of a mine explosion during a conflict. The second photograph is of Japanese infantry assaulting the same Russian fort and was probably taken soon after the mine exploded.

MFA version of first image.

Source of second image.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

German Infantry Assaulting a French-held Le Mort Homme during the Battle of Verdun (1916)



Two photographs of German infantry assaulting a French position called Le Mort Homme (English sources call Dead Man’s Hill) with flamethrowers and hand grenades during the Battle of Verdun, March 1916. By Hermann Rex.

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Friday, April 11, 2014

French Soldiers Awaiting a German Assault?


French soldiers in trenches near Compiègne said to be awaiting a German attack but probably taken during training. The lack of any ground torn up by shell holes and the exposed position of the cameraman are good indications that this was taken during training. The closest that stereoscopic cameras seemed to have really come to photographing combat in World War I was capturing artillery shells exploding. Animated stereoview.