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Canadian captives marching through a town

Captives marching through a town, during World War I. Prisoners taken captive by Canadian soldiers march through a small town. Soldiers and civilians watch from the roadside, as the captives are escorted throug... More

Prisoners coming in, Flanders during World War I

German prisoners, during World War I. German prisoners being taken. One of the soldiers escorting them is armed with a large rifle and bayonet. Despite the armed soldier, they appear to be walking through the f... More

German dead in a captured trench

Dead German soldier, during World War I. The trench is vividly portrayed in the front of this photograph with no-man's land in the distance. The trench is a scene of chaos and debris. In the middle of the pictu... More

Type of German prisoner captured in the new push, Flanders

German prisoner, during World War I. He is wearing a cloth or wool cap and a tunic style jacket. His spectacles, held on by 'ear-bands', reflect the scene in front of him. The closeness of the subject forces on... More

German prisoners, some of whom are carrying wounded comrade

Wounded German prisoners, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph of a group of German prisoners gives an impression that they are exhausted to the point of indifference at their circumstances. They ... More

Dead German outside dug-out during World War I

Dead German soldier, near Arras, France, during World War I. A dead German soldier lying outside the entrance to a dugout. Abandoned rifles and stick grenades lie in the trench beside him. This photograph was p... More

Type of German prisoners captured in the new push, Flanders

German prisoner, during World War I. Portrait of a German prisoner wearing a helmet and, what could be, civilian clothes. The closeness of the subject forces one to look at his face. ..Whilst many photographs w... More

German prisoners taken in the new push lined for examination near Mess...

German prisoners of war, Messines, Belgium, 1917. Long rows of German soldiers are lined up diagonally across the picture. They are being watched from a high guard post behind them. Soldiers are lying watching ... More

Searching newly captured German prisoners

Prisoners of war being searched, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph shows two British soldiers searching the personal possessions of a group of five German prisoners. One of the Germans is searc... More

German commanders - Public domain portrait print

This is a group photograph of a number of senior German army officers. They are standing on the steps of a building, in rank order with the four most senior officers in front. The photograph has been annotated ... More

German prisoners taken in the new advance, Flanders

German prisoners of war. A large group of German soldiers are either sitting or lying on the ground. Many have been caught unawares while others are grinning at the camera. In the background a group is being le... More

Battlefield after a Canadian charge

Two dead soldiers on the battlefield during World War I. In this rather harrowing image we can see two dead soldiers, in uniform, lying on their backs in the foreground, with a third just visible in the distanc... More

Massed German prisoners, France, during World War I

This is a dramatic shot of thousands of German prisoners. It gives an impression of an endless mass and would have been very useful for propaganda purposes, both to depress the Germans and to relieve the Britis... More

Worn out German prisoners taken in the new push round Messines

German prisoners, Messines, Belgium, 1917. This image shows a group of German prisoners. They are all lying on the ground and appear to be sleeping. One soldier is using his helmet as a pillow. ..Whilst many ph... More

German prisoners helping to bring in British wounded near Messines

German prisoners of war, Messines, Belgium, 1917. Five German prisoners of war are pushing a truck platform along a set of tracks. There are two wounded British soldiers lying, covered, on the truck . Behind th... More

Tanks passing dead Germans who were alive before the cavalry advanced ...

This photograph suggests how hardened some soldiers must have become to the suffering that was around them every day in World War I. In this picture the bodies of German soldiers are clearly visible, but none o... More

One of the enemy who was killed by Canadian Cavalry a few minutes befo...

Dead German soldier, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph shows a dead German soldier crumpled into the shallow pit in which he had been sheltering. Beside him stands a Canadian soldier, identifia... More

Common scene in a German trench after our men had been over

Dead German soldiers, Western Front, during World War I. The most shocking thing about this photograph is not the image of four dead German soldiers crumpled in the mud at the bottom of their trench, but the ra... More

German army in WWI - Boche bringing in wounded during World War I

German prisoners carrying a wounded comrade, Western Front, during World War I. German prisoners carrying a wounded comrade on a stretcher. They appear to be climbing out of a trench or a shell hole. A village ... More

Boche machine gun crew captured with their gun, Flanders

German machine gun crew under guard, Western Front, during World War I. A captured German machine gun crew can be seen in this photograph. They are carrying their machine gun and are escorted by British soldier... More

German prisoners being fed, Flanders

German prisoners being given food. All of them are in uniform and one man in the foreground is wearing a hard helmet. Some of the prisoners are sitting on what appears to be a cart or wagon. It is a very relaxe... More

From an advanced area a batch of prisoners is seen going back

British troops escorting prisoners from the front line, in France, during World War I. The Allied offensives of August and September 1918 resulted in the capture of large numbers of German prisoners. Tom Aitken... More

View of Cambrai from the Canadian Front Line on October 1st

Dead German soldier outside Cambrai, in France, during World War I. A photograph from the Canadian front line, probably taken in the final months of the war. The pretty view of the town of Cambrai, looking peac... More

Type of German prisoners captured in the new push, Flanders

Portrait of a German prisoner. He is wearing a cloth over his head and a jacket with '102' on the left epaulette. The closeness of the subject forces one to look closely at his face and into his eyes...Whilst m... More

German Regiment Commanders captured by the Canadians

German officers after capture by a Canadian regiment. In the photograph four German officers, who are captives of a Canadian regiment, stand chatting and smoking. The relaxed air of the men in the picture, comp... More