Title

Sir Douglas Haig inspecting sailors, World War I, 1918.Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers

Caption

Sir Douglas Haig inspecting sailors, World War I, 1918. Haig, commander of the British Expeditionary Force, inspecting participants in the raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge. The Belgian ports were in German hands and were used as bases for U-boats and surface vessels that threatened Allied shipping. The raids, launched in April and May 1918, were intended to block the approaches to the ports by sinking obsolete ships in positions that would block the harbour entrances. Although the attacks were promoted as a victory and propaganda coup by the British, in reality the ships were not sunk in the correct locations and the use of the ports by the Germans was only affected for a short period. Stereoscopic card detail.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1918

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C53_301

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,2Mb) / 13,5in x 14,4in / 4050 x 4315 (300dpi)

Keywords

road people male man men street guy British Belgium lane avenue war location century parade Britain inspecting general first world war concept inspection battle Navy B&W sailor MONOCHROME warfare sailors commander sunk World War I WWI naval warfare black & white black and white B W World War One 1910s 20th century Royal Navy The Print Collector 1st World War Field Marshal TGN WW1 Sir Douglas Haig Ostende photograph Haig Sir Douglas Douglas Haig Douglas Earl Haig Field Marshall Douglas Haig 1st Earl Haig Butcher Haig Realistic Travels Publishers Ostend Raids Zeebrugge Raid photograph