Showing posts with label german soldiers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label german soldiers. Show all posts

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Photo of a Group of German soldiers and French Civilians Posing in Front of the Ruins of the Hôtel de Klinglin Which Was Burned Down by a Fire Sparked by German Artillery Bombardment During the Siege of Strasbourg (1870)

 


Photo of a group of German soldiers and French civilians posing in front of the ruins of the Hôtel de Klinglin (today known as the Hôtel du Préfet) which was burned down by a fire sparked by German artillery bombardment during the Siege of Strasbourg, part of the Franco-Prussian War, c. 1870. By photography firm Varady & Company and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: J. Paul Getty Museum.

Saturday, April 14, 2018

Portrait of a Group of German Soldiers Posing With Three Sitting Allied Prisoners of War Somewhere in Germany During World War 1 (1910's)


Portrait of a group of German soldiers posing with three sitting Allied prisoners of war somewhere in Germany during World War 1. One of the prisoners is identified as Private P. Robertson who served with the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Source: Wellcome Images.

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

“The First Photograph From the Front: German Cavalrymen, Wounded During the Advance on Liège, Being Bandaged” (1914)


“The first photograph from the front: German cavalrymen, wounded during the advance on Liège, being bandaged.” Taken during the German invasion of Belgium in August 1914. From The Illustrated War News magazine published in 1914.

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.

Thursday, February 2, 2017

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Friday, September 30, 2016

Colorized View of Belgian Civilians Watching German Soldiers Marching Across Place Charles Rogier in Brussels, Belgium (1914)


Colorized view of Belgian civilians watching German soldiers marching across Place Charles Rogier in Brussels, Belgium, August 20, 1914. From the book The Nations At War published in 1918.

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Saturday, November 14, 2015

Saturday, April 4, 2015

French Troops With Two Blindfolded German Soldiers Who Were Sent Over to French Lines to Negotiate During the Final Days of World War 1 (1918)


French troops with two blindfolded German soldiers who were sent over to French lines to negotiate during the final days of World War 1, November 1918. Animated stereoview.

From eBay.

Monday, March 2, 2015