tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post7027111810577841420..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Verdun in Detail: 21 February - 18 December 1916snielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-64670147701981037792016-05-28T15:55:33.067-07:002016-05-28T15:55:33.067-07:00from what source came the first image?
from what source came the first image?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-85933820505985283252014-02-20T13:14:05.113-08:002014-02-20T13:14:05.113-08:00One of the things I - and I'm sure a great man...One of the things I - and I'm sure a great many others interested in WWI - have learned is to be cautious about accepting contemporary photos at face value. Two of the pics used to illustrate this summary of the Verdun battle ring alarm bells in my mind. One is the collection of skulls and other grisly remains: were they really lying like this, or has the cameraman arranged them to enhance toBrian Culrossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-30644625065631207312014-02-20T11:18:31.318-08:002014-02-20T11:18:31.318-08:00To emphasize the nature of the battle. Every year ...To emphasize the nature of the battle. Every year brush areas are bulldozed (with hazard to bulldozer operators) to clear fire lanes in the surrounding shrub forests. While walking there with German friends in the spring of 1966, we easily collected many live cartridges brought to the surface by subsequent rain. I remember opening the cartridges and dumping out the powder to burn to render them Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com