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Western Front, 1915-1917

French soldiers attack German with a flamethrower, 1915

French soldiers use a German flamethrower, which they had captured from German soldiers before.

German soldiers in Vailly, 1915

German soldiers on the market place of Vailly-en-Aisne after having secured the city for the Germans during the First World War.

Destroyed battlefield, 1915

The remains of the former forest "Sabol" in the Ardennes, France, during the First World War.

Map of the Western Front during the First World War, 1915

Map of thefrontline of the Western Front in France with marking of German positions in the year 1915.

Tactical meeting of German officers, 1915

A German commander of a machine gun company points out the enemy postions along the western frontline by using a clay model. Officers and non-commissioned officers listen to his instructions.

German positions in the Woevre area, 1915

In Lorraine at the Western Front, German soldiers of the 18th batallion have built huts and pergolas.

Indian elephant at the Western Front, 1915

An Indian elephant supports German soldiers doing road works at the Western Front.

German soldiers at the Western Front, 1915

German soldiers at a twin-telescope at the Western Front of the First World War.

Army Headquarters at the Western Front, 1915

A German General Staff Officer at a twin-telescope in an army headquarter during the First World War.

German soldiers building streets, 1918

German soldiers build streets near Somme-Py in the Department Picardie/Champagne during the First World War.

Awarding of the Iron Cross on the Western Front, 1915

The captain of a heavy mortar battery decorates his men with the Iron Cross.

Alarm in a German fort at the Western Front, 1915

After an alarm signal in a fort at the Western Front, German soldiers run to their positions.

German soldiers in trenches at the Western Front, 1915

German soldiers try to uncover French undermining acitvities by listening to the ground. Third from the right is an officer, left to him stands a non-commissioned officer.

Destroyed cathedral in St. Quentin, 1917

The demolished roof truss of the cathedral in St. Quentin during the First World War.

German guards at the Western Front, 1917

German guards look out for enemy movement at the battle area between St. Quentin and Laon during the First World War.

German military hospital at the Western Front, 1917

German soldiers are being treated in a field military hospital directly behind the frontline between St. Quentin and Laon.

Destroyed city of St. Quentin at the Western Front, 1917

German soldiers at construction works in St. Quentin, which has been severrely damaged by artillery fire.

Damaged buildings and cathedral in St. Quentin, 1917

A line of houses and the cathedral of St. Quentin, which have been severely damaged by grenade fire, during the First World War.

Destruction in St. Quentin, 1917

The bombed area around the cathedral of St. Quentin, which suffered severe artillery fire attacks.

German soldiers in Vouziers, 1917

German storm troops march through Vouziers in the winter on their way to the front.

German guards at the Western Front, 1917

German guards with machine guns look out for enemy movement at the front between St. Quentin and Laon during the First World War.

German soldier with captured enemy flag, 1917

A German soldier of the Crown Prince's army presents a flag of the French colonial troops from Senegal, which he captured earlier as war booty.

Destroyed St. Quentin, 1917

The French city of St. Quentin and the cathedral, heavily damaged by artilery fire during the battles at the Aisne.

Kaiser visit at the Western Front, 1917

Kaiser Wilhelm II. visits the German regiments at the Western Front, who successfully fought back the French offensive during the Second Battle of the Aisne.

French positions in the Champagne, 1917

French soldiers in front of their huts and entrances to trenches at the Western Front in the Champagne. Due to the amount of white chalk in the earth, the surroundings appear snowy.

German storm troop on a fast march, 1917

A German storm troop with a machine gun hurries through a French village in the Champagne at the Western Front.

Captured French soldiers at the Western Front, 1917

A long line of French soldiers, captured during the battles in the Champagne.

Map with the frontline of the Battles of Aisne and Champagne, 1917

Map with frontline of the battles of the Aisne in the Champagen during the First World War, in which the German army fought back the French offensive.

German soldiers in fighting position at the Western Front, 1917

German soldiers on a battlefield with an infantry gun at the Western Front during the battles at the Aisne.

German soldiers on the Aisne, 1917

German soldiers on boats on the river Aisne, which had flooded a German position.

Incendiary device at the Western Front, 1917

An incendiary bomb, which spreads over greater areas and which was applied during the battles of Aisne and Champagne in the First World War.

Habitable trench at the Western Front, 1917

A secured German trench with wooden cabins at the Western Front during the battles of the Aisne.

Alarm position behind the Western Front, 1917

German soldiers, infantry and cavalery, behind the frontline in alarm position in the Champagne.

Injured British soldiers in German captivity, 1917

British soldiers, partially exhausted and injured, who were captured during the battles at the Aisne by German soldiers.

French prisoners of war from the battles of Aisne and Champagne, 1917

French soldiers recover at a roadside in Laon, after they were captured by German soldiers during the German summer offensives.

Destroyed church in Lens, 1917

The church of Lens, heavily damaged by grenade fire during the Battle of Arras.

Destroyed city of Lens during the Battle of Arras, 1917

Destroyed city of Lens, heavily damaged by gun fire during the Battle of Arras.

Destroyed landscape at the Western Front, 1917

Replaced German troops march through a heavily destroyed region near Arras during the Second Battle of Artois.

Destroyed church in Lens, 1917

The heavily damaged church and market place of Lens near Arras, destroyed by artillery fire during the Second Battle of Artois.

German field howitzers at the Western Front, 1917

German 15cm howitzer guns at the Western Front during the Second Battle of Artois.

German field kitchen at the Western Front, 1917

German field kitchen behind the frontline near Arras during the English offensive which marked the Second Battle of Artois.

Damaged building in Lens, 1917

A French mine building, which was heavily damaged during the English offensive of the Second Battle of Artois.

Destroyed city of Lens, 1917

The French city of Lens, heavily damaged by artillery fire during the Battle of Arras.

German air defence at the Western Front, 1917

German soldiers at air defence guns during the Battle of Arras at the Western Front.

German dugout in Flanders, 1918

A German camp at the Lys canal in Flanders during the First World War.

Funeral procession for Captain Boelcke in Cambrai, 1916

Funeral procession for the crashed pilot Captain Boelcke. A military parade with a marching band escort his coffin to the station in Cambrai.

British soldiers with gas mask and machine gun in Flanders, 1917

British soldiers equipped with gas masks and a machine gun in a conquered German trench in Flanders await an enemy attack.

Alarm bell for the aircraft defence in Flanders, 1917

A German navy soldier at an alarm bell at the Flanders coast, which calls for the aircraft defence in case of an emegerny.

German machine gun company in Flanderns, 1915

A machine gun company of the German navy infantry on their way through the dunes of Flanders during the First World War.

Dogs in a German position in Flanders, 1916

German navy soldiers present dogs to the batallion's commander Prince Adalbert von Preussen. Those dogs were trained to catch rats.

Troop visit of Duke Firedrich II, in Flanders, 1915

A visit of the Great Duke Friedrich II. von Baden in Flanders during the First World War, where he is welcomed by German troops.

German soldiers returning from the front near Ypern, 1915

German soldiers return from the front near Ypres, Falnders.

Crater field in Flanders, 1918

A crater field in Flanders, caused by the heavy artillery fire and grenades during the First World War.

German defence position at the coast of Flanders, 1916

German soldiers guard the Belgian coast at Westende with an air defence gun during the First World War.

Destroyed city of Dixmuiden after the battles in Flanders, 1915

The city of Dixmuiden with destroyed buildings after the battles in Flanders during the First World War.

Destroyed castle in Flanders, 1916

The destroyed castle of Baroness Vaughan in Passendale, Flanders, during the First World War.

German navy soldiers in Flanders, 1917

German troops of the navy cops position get into positions in the dunes of Flanders during the First World War.

German soldiers in a church in Flanders, 1915

German soldiers of a navy infantry cops have found shelter in a church in Flanders during the First World War.

German watch post at the beach of Flanders, 1915

German soldiers guard the coast of Flanders during the First World War.

Destroyed church in Ypres during the First World War

Destroyed church in Zuydschott, Ypres, which was heavily damaged by artillery fire during the First World War (undated picture).

Destroyed church in Ypres, 1915

The remains of a destroyed church in Ypres during the First World War.

Bombardement of Ostende, 1917

Nuns in the Peter Paul Church in Ostende after the attack of German troops during the First World War.

ieuwpoort locks, 1916

Aerial photograph of the locks of Nieuwpoort, Belgium, after the German attack during the First World War.

German dugout in Flanders, 1918

German shelters in Flanders during the First World War in the middle of a crater landscape, a field of detonation holes in the ground, which filled up with groundwater.

Expanse of rubble in Flanders during the First World War

A crater field in Flanders near Mesen, to the left the remains of a church, during the First World War (undated picture).

Nieuwpoort lock, 1918

Aerial photography of the Nieuwpoort locks in Flanders, taken from a German reconnaissance plane during the First World War.

German guards at the Coast of Flanders, 1915

German trench and coast guards at the coast of Flanders during the First World War.

Destroyed landscape in Flanders during the First World War

Aerial photography of a crater field in Flanders during the First World War (undated picture).

German defence at the coast of Flanders, 1916

German navy soldiers defend the coast od Flanders during the First World War.

Nieuwpoort locks after the German attack, 1917

The Nieuwpoort locks after the German attack during the First World War, a crater landscape covered with detonation holes.

Crater landscape in Flanders during the First World War

A crater landscape in Flanders during the First World War (undated picture).

German trench in the Vosges during the FIrst World War

A German trench in the middle of a destroyed battlefield at the Hartmannsweilerkopf in the Vosges at the Western Front.

German observation soldiers on the lookout, 1915

German soldiers watch the surroundings from the top of a barn roof in the Vosges mountains during the First World War.

French mortar position in the Vosges mountains, 1916

French heavy mortar battery position in a forest in the Vosges mountains during the First World War.

German trench in the Vosges forests, 1915

A secured German trench in the Vosges forests, only 40m away from the French trenches of the Western Front.

German positions in the Vosges at the Western Front, 1914

German soldiers in front of their huts and shelters in the Vosges forests during the First World War.

German soldiers builing huts, 1917

German pioneers build log cabins at the Western Front in the Vosges during the First World War.

Marching machine gun company, 1915

A German mountain machine gun company marches through the Vosges countryside with mules.

German soldiers on patrol in the Vosges, 1914

German soldiers, a husar at the wheel and an infaterist in the back, in a car on patrol at the Donon mountain, the highest summit in the Vosges mountains, at the Western Front.

German soldiers on patrol in the Vosges, 1915

German soldiers on patrol in the Vosges mountains at the Western Front of the First World War.

German cavalrymen on patrol, 1915

A German cavalry patrol on horseback in the Vosges mountains during the First World War.

German position at the Hartmannswillerkopf, 1916

German soldiers in front of their positions at the Hartmannsweilerkopf in the Vosges at the Westernfront.

Cemetery of German soldiers in the Vosges mountains from the First World War

A military cementery in the midst of a Vosges Forest at the Western Front of the First World War (undated picture).

German observation soldiers in the Vosges, 1915

German patrol guards on top of a ruin in the Vosges mountains observe a valley. One soldier holds a field telephone

German soldiers at construction works in the Vosges, 1915

German soldiers carry trunks and planks alongside a hill in the Vosges at the Western Front of the First World War.

Munition transport at the Western, 1917

German soldiers lead on donkeys, which carry a munition load, in the Vosges mountains at the Western Front.

German position at the Western Front, 1916

Entry to a German tunnel underneath the cross of Vauquois at the Western front.

Troop supply in the Vosges during the First World War

A Bavarian tradesman with a covered wagon sells food to German soldiers, who are stationed in the Vosges at the Western Front of the First World War. The soldiers wear epaulettes of the 10th infantry regiment. The tradesman wear an armband of the Royal Bavarian Marketeers (undated picture).

German soldiers having a meal, 1916

German soldiers have a meal in their quarters in the Vosges at the Western Front of the First World War.

German position during the winter at the Western Front, 1916

A German position in a mountain slope at the Hartmannsweilerkopf in the Vosges at the Western Front (undated picture).

Wooden bridge in the Vosges, 1916

A war bridge at the Western Front, on which the German soldiers have to walk in order to avoid being seen by the enemy.

German soldiers on the move, 1915

A German company leaves a camp in the Vosges mountains at the Western Front.

German typist, 1916

A German typist in front of a German mountain position in the Vosges at the Western front.

French camp in the Vosges, 1916

French soldiers in a camp in a Vosges forest with a field kitchen at the Western Front.

German position in the Vosges during the First World War

A secured German position in the middle of the Vosges forest, hidden away behind fir trees.

Memorial for dead soldiers of the First World War

A memorial for the killed German guard soldiers on the summit of the Hartmannsweilerkopf in the Vosges at the Western Front (undated pictures).

German soldiers at a bonfire in the Vosges mountains

German soldiers at a bonfire in the Vosges mountains at the Western Front of the First World War (undated picture).

German cavalry patrol in the Vosges, 1916

A German cavalry patrol on horseback in a Vosges town at the Western Front.

Destroyed landscape in the Vosges

Landscape in the Vosges mountains, a former battlefield at teh Western Front of the First World War at the mountain slope of the 'Schratzmaennle', here during the winter (undated picture).

German soldiers receiving their payment, 1917

German soldiers queue in a farm in the Vosges at the Western Front to get their paycheck.

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