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(121) D.1338 - Massive strong point in a part of the Hindenburg trench
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (121) D.1338 - Massive strong point in a part of the Hindenburg trench |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548140 |
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| Description | A very square, heavy stone structure has been buried into an embankment and a narrow path runs along the front of it. There is a gun barrel emerging from a gap in the building and a collection of homely, sturdy furniture abandoned outside the entrance. There is a thick cluster of soldiers gathered at the front, working away. This system of fortifications was a turning point in the German strategy, which had previously been to maintain an advance into France. This depleted resources on the Russian Front, however, and so the decision was taken to maintain the line in France between Verdun and the coast. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. A massive strong point in a part of the Hindenburg trench.'] |
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| Description | John Warwick Brooke, of the Topical Press Agency, was the second British official war photographer to go to the Western Front in 1916. The demands placed on he and his colleague, Ernest Brooks, were heavy. They had to take as many photographs as possible, with as much variety as possible, a difficult task for two men covering an army of over two million. Despite this, Warwick Brooke managed to take what would become some of the most memorable images of World War I. As an officially appointed photographer, Warwick Brooke was assigned to the Western Front to follow the progress of the British Army. During his time there, between 1916 and 1918, Warwick Brooke is estimated to have taken over 4,000 photographs. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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