British Western Front
(76) X.32061 - Dummy gun erected in a gun pit by the Germans to deceive our airmen
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > British Western Front > (76) X.32061 - Dummy gun erected in a gun pit by the Germans to deceive our airmen |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549326 |
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| Description | A dummy gun made up with a long pole set up on a pair of cart wheels. From the air, this would have appeared to be a real gun and time and ammunition would have been wasted in the attempt to destroy it. As this is identified in the caption as a German installation, it was clearly found when this area was captured by the Allies. As air reconnaissance became increasingly important, various methods of deceiving the enemy were tried by both sides, including both mock weapons and the use of camouflage. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. A dummy gun erected in a gun pit by the Germans to deceive our airmen.'] |
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| Description | Photographs, all taken on the British Western Front, that are not attributed to a particular photographer. |
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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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