Sujet
World War I - Western front - St. Quentin
Légende
View of the town St. Quentin on the 28th of August in 1914, occupied by the German troops. St. Quentin held out until the 2nd of October in 1918, but was almost completely destroyed by French gunfire.
Set off by the deadly shots on Austrian heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand by Serbian nationalists on the 28th of June in 1914 in Sarajevo, World War I broke out. During World War I, Germany, Austria, Austria-Hungary as well as later Turkey and Bulgary fought against Britain, France and Russia. The sad end result in 1918 comprised roughly 8.5 million soldiers killed in action, more than 21 million wounded and almost 8 million prisoners of war and missing people.
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Date
30 nov. 1917
Crédit
Photo12/dpa-pa
Notre référence
DPA12A00_392
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
22,4Mo (907,2Ko) / 27,5cm x 20,4cm / 3249 x 2407 (300dpi)