It is often claimed that there are no real combat photos from WW1.
The after combat photo showing the dead French soldier with missing legs has probably been seen by all. Another photo, looking in the opposite direction, shows a similar scene also showing dead soldiers with live soldiers inspecting the mess. These two photos are often seen, but one that is not as common is a third one, showing soldiers huddled against the berm, with a burning tank in the back ground.
Upon closer inspection, I began to notice that in the after action photo there is a tank in the background and, in the middle ground, an ammunition box. Upon looking again at the the photo of the huddled soldiers, you can see the same box, and, as I mentioned, the same tank, but burning.
It dawned on me that what we're looking at in these three photos is before and after shots of soldiers before and after they were, apparently, hit by artillery.
In the before shot, the soldiers are clearly under fire. In the after shot, the same soldiers are dead. The photographer, like the inspecting, and clearly traumatized, soldiers, has survived to record the whole event.
So, here we have a graphic example of WW1 combat, as it happened. See for yourself.http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...1&d=1426796649
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...1&d=1426796649
The after combat photo showing the dead French soldier with missing legs has probably been seen by all. Another photo, looking in the opposite direction, shows a similar scene also showing dead soldiers with live soldiers inspecting the mess. These two photos are often seen, but one that is not as common is a third one, showing soldiers huddled against the berm, with a burning tank in the back ground.
Upon closer inspection, I began to notice that in the after action photo there is a tank in the background and, in the middle ground, an ammunition box. Upon looking again at the the photo of the huddled soldiers, you can see the same box, and, as I mentioned, the same tank, but burning.
It dawned on me that what we're looking at in these three photos is before and after shots of soldiers before and after they were, apparently, hit by artillery.
In the before shot, the soldiers are clearly under fire. In the after shot, the same soldiers are dead. The photographer, like the inspecting, and clearly traumatized, soldiers, has survived to record the whole event.
So, here we have a graphic example of WW1 combat, as it happened. See for yourself.http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...1&d=1426796649
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...1&d=1426796649
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