WW1 Pic Of the Day (1 Viewer)

[Jack]

Third Battle Ypres Passchendaele 31 July - 10 November 1917

 

[Martin Tabony]

I think this one says a lot.
Extensive second degree burns on a captured German Horse!

 

[Jack]

I have been to Ypres four times and it has never failed to move me.

 

[waynepoo]

Australians acquired a reputation for being trophy collectors. Private J. Hines, A Company, 45th Battalion, was well known for his acquisitions and his trades. Here he poses with souvenirs obtained during the advance of the 4th and 13th Brigades at Polygon Wood during the Third Battle of Ypres, 27 September 1917.
Wayne.

 

[Rob]

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Third Battle Ypres Passchendaele 31 July - 10 November 1917

I think this one says a lot.
Extensive second degree burns on a captured German Horse!

I have been to Ypres four times and it has never failed to move me.

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Australians acquired a reputation for being trophy collectors. Private J. Hines, A Company, 45th Battalion, was well known for his acquisitions and his trades. Here he poses with souvenirs obtained during the advance of the 4th and 13th Brigades at Polygon Wood during the Third Battle of Ypres, 27 September 1917.
Wayne.

All splendid shots guys, this thread is taking on a life of its own.

On a topic slightly related to Wayne's pic, I remember years ago reading about very valuable items looted by Allied Soldiers from Ypres including Jewelry and silver items, these were buried in the salient for recovery after the War. Legend has it some of these guys never made it out of the salient and as a result some of these ill gotten gains still lie out there somewhere.

I'll get a shovel, you guys bring some drinks............

 

[Martin Tabony]

Australians acquired a reputation for being trophy collectors. Private J. Hines, A Company, 45th Battalion, was well known for his acquisitions and his trades. Here he poses with souvenirs obtained during the advance of the 4th and 13th Brigades at Polygon Wood during the Third Battle of Ypres, 27 September 1917.
Wayne.

"Look Mother dearest, I've draught you a stick grenade"!{sm4}

Martin

 

[Martin Tabony]

Australians acquired a reputation for being trophy collectors. Private J. Hines, A Company, 45th Battalion, was well known for his acquisitions and his trades. Here he poses with souvenirs obtained during the advance of the 4th and 13th Brigades at Polygon Wood during the Third Battle of Ypres, 27 September 1917.
Wayne.

"Look Mother dearest, I've draught you a stick grenade"!{sm4}

Martin

 

[waynepoo]

A group portrait of Diggers sporting 'Pickelhauben' and caps captured from the Germans in the battle of Pozieres 1916. Some have their hands raised for the camera in a feigned gesture of surrender.
Wayne.

 

[Jack]

Australian WW1 soldiers laid to rest 90 years on

http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/10/04/us-australia-passchendaele-soldiers-idUSL0423499620071004

 

[Jack]

http://historicphotographs.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/a-young-hitler-cheers-start-of-world.html

A young Hitler cheers the start of World War One, August 1914

Some say it's probably fake.

Düsseldorf historian Gerd Krumeich has studied the picture and its history and concluded that Hitler was superimposed to lend credibility to the image of the Nazi leader as a patriot and a man of the people, daily Die Welt reported Thursday.

The photo was taken by Munich photographer Heinrich Hoffmann at a rally in support of war against the allies in Munich’s Odeonplatz on August 2, 1914.

But it was not until March 12, 1932 that it was published in the Nazi party newspaper the Illustrierte Beobachter, or "Illustrated Observer," the day before the presidential election, after Hitler’s opponents had attacked Hitler over his flight from military service in Austria-Hungary and questioned his patriotism.

The caption on the picture read: “Adolf Hitler, the German patriot … in the middle of the crowd stands with blazing eyes – Adolf Hitler.”

The photo went on to become a favourite Nazi propaganda picture, appearing with captions such as “Adolf Hitler: a man of the people.”

Hoffmann, who was one of the founders and the main supplier of pictures for the Nazi paper, always claimed he had discovered Hitler in the photo by chance after the future Führer visited his studio in 1929. Hitler had told him he was at the rally, Hoffmann said.

Hoffmann then dug out a glass picture negative he’d planned to throw away and found Hitler in the image.

“I only needed to search for a very short time, one standing there, yes, it’s him – his hair falls over the forehead,” Hoffmann once said. “His face cannot deceive – it is him.”

Until now, that version has been regarded as fact. The photo of the future Führer in Odeonplatz has been used countless times in newspapers, Hitler biographies and school books.

Most ****ingly, Krumeich found a different version of the picture in the Hoffmann photo archive in Bavaria. In that image, Hitler’s characteristic lock of hair over the forehead looks clearly different – suggesting the photo had been retouched.

The glass plate negative to the picture has never been found.

Krumeich has looked for other photos of the same rally both in archives and in newspapers and books. He noticed that other pictures of the event taken from different standpoints, including a picture taken by Hoffmann, do not show Hitler.

The picture is included in the new exhibition, “Hitler and the Germans – Nation and Crime,” which opens Friday. The caption on the picture mentions the doubts about its authenticity.

 

[waynepoo]

Aussies love their footy, France 1918..group portrait of the 6th Field Company Australian Engineers Australian football team. 2nd Division Champions.
Wayne.

 

[Jack]

Never ceases to amaze me how young these guys were!




Albert Ball.

 

[lancer]

Never ceases to amaze me how young these guys were!


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Albert Ball.

It really is amazing. Ball was still 3 months short of his 21st birthday when he was KIA. Sad. -- Al

 

[Jack]

It really is amazing. Ball was still 3 months short of his 21st birthday when he was KIA. Sad. -- Al

Al

Can you identify this photograph? You are batting 1000 (is this a correct baseball reference?) so far!

Jack

 

[lancer]

Al

Can you identify this photograph? You are batting 1000 (is this a correct baseball reference?) so far!

Jack

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That is Captain Eddie Rickenbacker during his time with Eastern Airlines. -- Al

 

[Jack]

That is Captain Eddie Rickenbacker during his time with Eastern Airlines. -- Al

That was merely a practise pitch. Here is the real one.

 

[Jack]

That was merely a practise pitch. Here is the real one. View attachment 131818

I also added a spelling error - intentionally of course - to add to the entertainment.

 

[The Military Workshop]

I also added a spelling error - intentionally of course - to add to the entertainment.

You are entertaining enough without adding the "intentional" spelling errors. LOL !

 

[Jack]

You are entertaining enough without adding the "intentional" spelling errors. LOL !

I would no more lie about a spelling error than you would stoop to sending an email to someone pointing out a spelling error. How petty would we both be if we indulged in that kind of behaviour?

 

[The Military Workshop]

I would no more lie about a spelling error than you would stoop to sending an email to someone pointing out a spelling error. How petty would we both be if we indulged in that kind of behaviour?

We would be very pretty{sm4}