Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo - the picture agency of the Süddeutsche Zeitung

DOSSIER Defence industry in Germany before the First World War 20 Images

Close dossier

Defence industry in Germany before the First World War empty search

20 images found

Series: Defence industry in Germany before the First World War

Series:

Defence industry in Germany before the First World War

Krupp factories, 1909

Rolling an armor plate in the armory of the Krupp Works in the Ruhr area for the German Empire.

Workers at Krupp, 1912

View of the hall of the steel factory with Martinwerk VI of Friedrich Krupp AG Essen.

Krupp cannon workshop, 1909

The Cannon Workshop V of the Krupp company.

Krupp cannon factory hut, 1904

The Krupp company in the weapons industry.

Gun carriage adjustment, 1904

Production of mountings, thus mobile racks on which a weapon can be mounted at the Krupp company.

Steel moulding shop in the Krupp factory, around 1912

Steel is being formed in Martinwerk VI of the Krupp cast steel factory in Essen. The photo is undated.

Visit of Reichstag and Federal Council members at Graf Zeppelin, 1909

To convince the parliamentary deputies to approve new funds for army supplies, the airship yard of Count Zeppelin invited them to watch the water landing of a Zeppelin airship on Lake Constance in October 1909. The parliamentarians are sitting in the boats.

Members of the Reichstag inspecting military airships, 1909

In order to convince the members of the Reichstag to vote for the construction of new military airships, the Luftschiffbau-Zepellin-GmbH invited them to visit the new military airship "GROSS II" at the military airbase Tegel near Berlin.

Armory of Castle Schwarzburg in Rudolstadt, 1905

View of the armory of Schwarzenburg Castle in the Thuringian Forest, the seat of the counts and princes of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. The arsenal contained hunting equipment from the 15th and 16th centuries, and a collection of the oldest firearms of European origin.

Production of artillery gun turrets at Krupp, 1909

Artillery gun turrets are produced in the central hall of the VI mechanical workshop .

'Launch of the SMS ''Fuerst Bismarck'', 1897'

'The battleship 'Fuerst Bismarck' before the launch in the Imperial shipyard in Kiel.'

Launch of SMS 'Gneisenau'", 1906"

Launching of the cruiser Gneisenau" in the shipyard AG Weser in Bremen."

Advertising for "Fleet spectacles" in Germany before the First World War

Poster for Fleet spectacles in Wilhelminian Germany. The upgrading of a German naval force was met with wide public support, which has been supported by publications, exhibitions and performances.

Workers at Krupp, 1909

View of the production hall of Friedrich Krupp AG Essen. Workers rolling an armour plate.

Railway regiment at the gunsmithy, 1899

A combined Railway Regiment produces rifles on the Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin.

Railway regiment during the manufacture of rifles, 1899

Soldiers of the 2nd Railway Regiment in Berlin produce rifles in a workshop.

Commissioning of the first submarine, 1906

The first German submarine is put into the water by a crane in the Germaniawerft in Kiel.

Wilhelm II in Friedrichshafen with Count Zeppelin, 1910

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, inventor of the airship (center of the picture, with sash), leads Kaiser Wilhelm II (right next to him) through the workshops where the airships are being built on his visit to Friedrichshafen. Right front Max Egon zu Furstenberg.

Emperor Wilhelm II in Friedrichshafen, 1912

Emperor Wilhelm II visits the German airship yard in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance and is accompanied mainly by curious children.

Emperor William II at a launching in Wilhelmshaven, 1913

Emperor William II,X, saluting) appears in front of the guard of honor in March 1913 on the occasion of the launching of the battleship "Koenig" (King class) in the port of Wilhelmshaven. The hull of the dreadnought is solemnly decorated. For the baptism by the emperor, a pedestal is built up.