Title

The Destruction of a Polish Village', (1919).

Caption

'The Destruction of a Polish Village', (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: 'In her great and masterly retreat Russia ruthlessly put to the flame towns and villages rather than that a single grain of wheat or piece of material of the slightest use should fall into the hands of the enemy, thus repeating the historic tactics of the famous retreat from Moscow.' From "The History of the Great European War: its causes and effects", Vol. IV, by W. Stanley Macbean Knight. [Caxton Pulishing Company, Limited, London, 1919]

Date

1919

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F15_086

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,2Mb (1,9Mb) / 18,7in x 12,7in / 5608 x 3816 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph destruction country smoke strategy burning fire Poland village polish war location retreat century strategic first world war concept B&W destroying MONOCHROME World War I WWI black & white black and white B W World War One 1910s 20th century The Print Collector 1st World War WW1 photograph Unknown Knight Caxton Publishing Company scorched earth William Stanley Macbean Knight William Stanley Macbean W. Stanley Macbean Knight W Stanley Macbean Knight W. Stanley Macbean W Stanley Macbean W. S. M. W. S. M. Knight Caxton Pulishing Company Lim