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Captured German front line trench before Gommecourt
Captured German front line trench before Gommecourt
A captured German front-line trench, with a complex system of dugouts and pathways. The walls of the trench are reinforced with posts, wooden planks and interwoven branches. The surrounding landscape is bleak and battle-scarred. Scenes such as this view of a captured trench were commonly used as propaganda, intended to boost morale amongst the troops and provide reassurance to those at home. I…
Contributors
- Germany. Heer
- Ernest, British official photographer Brooks
Subject
- Campaigns
- Confiscations
- Field fortifications
- German
- Paths
- Posts (structural elements)
- Reinforcing materials
- Shelters (single built works)
- Trenches
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- Germany. Heer
- Ernest, British official photographer Brooks
Subject
- Campaigns
- Confiscations
- Field fortifications
- German
- Paths
- Posts (structural elements)
- Reinforcing materials
- Shelters (single built works)
- Trenches
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Identifier
- 74546454
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T12:15:34.734Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:44:49.171Z