Sujet
Sir Douglas Haig inspecting sailors, World War I, 1918.Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Légende
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
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C53_301
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (2,2Mo) / 34,3cm x 36,5cm / 4050 x 4315 (300dpi)