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Armaments industry in Germany

Woman filling bullets in a shrapnel

Woman fills in bullets in shrapnel shells during the First World War. Equipped with a timed detonator, the shrapnel shell exploded in the air and released the bullets. Grenades with shrapnel shells were used to combat infantry.

Worker in the arms industry, 1917

A fabrik worker planes the ends of grenades during the First World War.

Workers of the arms industry on strike, 1918

The socialist Adolf Hoffmann (1858-1930) holds a speech at the munition workers' strike in January 1918 during the First World War.

Skoda industry workshop in Pilsen, 1917

Women work in the Skoda factory to produce war material for the German army of the First World War.

Meeting of entrepreneurs and politicians in Berlin, 1915

Meeting of the counsellors of the German, Austrian and Hungarian entrepreneurs and economic politicians to discuss the future trade relations in the Adlon Hotel in Berlin during the First World War.

Instruction of Turkish apprentices, 1915

Turkish apprentices are being recruited by German soldiers to support the industry, mining industry and handcraft productions during the First World War.

Emperor Wilhelm II with workers, 1917

It was tried in vain to cheer up the workers in the factories of the German armament industry through visits of the High Society. The workers' mood was rather gloomy due to constant hunger and setbacks on the frontline. Here, Emperor Wilhelm II pays a visit to armaments workers of a Krupps plant in Essen in 1917.

Turkish guest workers in the armament industry, 1917

Turkish workerss in the AEG factory in Berlin-Oberschoeneweide receive instructions by a German technician during the First World War.

Women in an armament factory, 1917

Women produce baskets for artillery grenades during the First World War.

Girls and women in a munitions factory

Girls and women in a munitions factory during the First World War.

Workers in the munitions workshop of Krupp, 1917

Workers in the Krupp munitions workshop during the 1st World War, including many women.

Munitions factory of Krupp, 1917

Women produce igniters in an armament factory of Krupp during the First World War.

National German artillery workshop, 1916

The picture shows a national artillary workshop, that dispatches new gun carriages.

'Big Bertha'

The so-called 'Big Bertha', with its 42 cm the biggest gun of the First World War.