Showing posts with label bunker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bunker. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

The Body of a Dead American Soldier Lying at the Entrance of a German Machine Gun Nest in the Bois de la Grande Montagne, France (1918)


The body of a dead American soldier lying at the entrance of a German machine gun nest in the Bois de la Grande Montagne, France, 1918. From the Official History of the 315th Infantry.

Friday, October 16, 2015

A Group of Tourists Posing on Earthworks Along the Rim of the Crater Which Was Exploded at the Start of the Battle of the Crater During the Siege of Petersburg (1860's)


A group of tourists posing on earthworks along the rim of the crater which was exploded at the start of the Battle of the Crater during the Siege of Petersburg near Petersburg, Virginia, c. 1860′s. By David H. Anderson.

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Monday, September 15, 2014

Two Dead German Soldiers Lying Outside of a Concrete Bunker After the Battle of the Menin Road (1917)


Two dead German soldiers lying outside of a concrete bunker captured by Allied forces after the Battle of the Menin Road, 1917. Animated stereoview.

Monday, July 14, 2014

Staged Scene of Two British Soldiers Assaulting a German Bunker


"At close grips with the Hun." Staged scene of two British soldiers assaulting a German bunker, c. 1918. One of a number of similar photographs taken at the same bunker. Animated stereoview.

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This half stereoview is said to show British soldiers taking prisoners in what is almost certainly another staged scene. The bodies of German soldiers seen in the posted animated stereoview above disappear in a scene that was presumably meant to portray the aftermath of fighting in the bunker. Not sure if the two were released in the same stereoview series, but this one was published by Realistic Travels.

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Another half stereoview I believe to be part of the same series and published by Realistic Travels: