Now all roads lead to France and heavy is the tread
Of the living; but the dead returning lightly dance.
Edward Thomas, Roads

Thursday, January 27, 2022

A Dozen Photos from the Volksbund: Germany's War Graves Commission

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German Field Cemetery Destroyed by Artillery Fire




British Prisoners of War, Battle of the Somme



British Dead in Captured Trench, 1918



Gas Mask Drill



Local Children Receiving Leftovers at Mess Hall



Russian Prisoners of War, Eastern Front



German Field Hospital in a Church, Flanders



Trench Digging Machine



French Tanks Destroyed in Nivelle Offensive



View from Loophole at the Yser Canal



Soldiers' Canteen in Flanders



210mm Howitzer Near Langemarck



 

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