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.
Headline:Tactical meeting of German officers, 1915
Date:01.01.1915
Image text: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.
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.
Headline:German positions in the Woevre area, 1915
Date:01.01.1915
Image text:In Lorraine at the Western Front, German soldiers of the 18th batallion have built huts and pergolas.
After an alarm signal in a fort at the Western Front, German soldiers run to their positions.
Headline:German soldiers in trenches at the Western Front, 1915
Date:01.01.1915
Image text: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.
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.
Headline:Destroyed cathedral in St. Quentin, 1917
Date:01.01.1917
Image text:The demolished roof truss of the cathedral in St. Quentin during the First World War.
German guards with machine guns look out for enemy movement at the front between St. Quentin and Laon during the First World War.
Headline:German soldier with captured enemy flag, 1917
Date:01.01.1917
Image text: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.
The French city of St. Quentin and the cathedral, heavily damaged by artilery fire during the battles at the Aisne.
Headline:Kaiser visit at the Western Front, 1917
Date:01.01.1917
Image text: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.
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.
Headline:French positions in the Champagne, 1917
Date:01.01.1917
Image text: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.
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.
Headline:German storm troop on a fast march, 1917
Date:01.01.1917
Image text: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.
Headline:Map with the frontline of the Battles of Aisne and Champagne, 1917
Date:01.01.1917
Image text: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 on boats on the river Aisne, which had flooded a German position.
Headline:Incendiary device at the Western Front, 1917
Date:01.01.1917
Image text:An incendiary bomb, which spreads over greater areas and which was applied during the battles of Aisne and Champagne in the First World War.
A German camp at the Lys canal in Flanders during the First World War.
Headline:Funeral procession for Captain Boelcke in Cambrai, 1916
Date:28.10.1916
Image text:Funeral procession for the crashed pilot Captain Boelcke. A military parade with a marching band escort his coffin to the station in Cambrai.