Sujet
'Corridor to the Dugout. Optowa, May 3, 1916', May 3, 1916. Creator: Leopold Gottlieb.
Légende
'Corridor to the Dugout. Optowa, May 3, 1916', May 3, 1916. After the front on the Styr River in the area of Wolczeck stabilized, in the late autumn of 1915, the 4th Infantry Regiment took up positions near the village of Optowa, and took care of preparing quarters for soldiers, and then tactical fortifications. dugouts were built connected to the trenches by run-up ditches, and for the charges a settlement of dugouts and barracks, which were named 'Swarm Estate' after the name of the regiment commander. The estate was entirely designed by Major Andrzej Galica, an officer of the 4th Infantry Regiment, before the war a lecturer at the State Industrial School in Krakow. Trenches and shallower run-off ditches were reinforced with logs made of felled trees. Many birches grew in the vicinity of Optowa, hence this tree species dominates in the root 'architecture'. The soldiers tried to arrange themselves relatively comfortably for the long winter and spring months, so the dugouts had windows and equipment, either made by their own money or taken from the depopulated villages located in the foreground, which were razed to the ground by artillery fire during the operations.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM25A45_059
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
33,3Mo (10,6Mo) / 31,9cm x 26,2cm / 3765 x 3094 (300dpi)