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Gott strafe England ! - May God punish England

Prayer on a wall in France. Germans used this slogan in the Second World War as well.
Autochrome color picture made in 1917.

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Picture Black Blisters

French soldier showing his arm with blisters caused by musterd gas
Autochrome color picture made for medical reasons, France 1915.
Picture Battlefield

The utter desolation of the battlefield in Northern France.
The remnants of a pillbox and at right a trench.
Picture made in 1917.
Picture Battlefield (2)...

The railway was used for transport of ammunition.
Picture Battlefield (3)

A pillbox (small bunker) smashed by enemy shells.
Picture Battlefield (4)

No more branches, no more leaves.
Picture Battlefield (5)

Shelters, but no safety.
Picture Safe Heaven

Safe shelter just behind the second line of defence. Picture made in Northern France, 1917.
Picture Ravage

French soldiers sitting amidst of the ravage.
Picture made in Northern France, 1917.
Picture Demolition

French soldier and a civilian in the ruins of a factory.
Picture Fire Brigade

The fire brigade of a small town in Northern France.
Picture Chaplain

French army chaplain.
Picture Church

Destroyed church, Northern France.
Picture Clearing Debris

French soldiers clearing debris in a small town, Northern France.
Picture Hit

French farm and houses hit by German shells.
Picture Office

French army administrateur.
Picture On a Heap of Bricks

French oriental soldiers cooking.
Picture made in Northern France, 1917.
Picture Outdoor Dinner

French soldiers eating in the open.
Picture made in Northern France, 1917.
Picture Canadian Sappers

French soldier (on the right) with walking stick and a pipe photographed with Canadian sappers.
Picture made in Northern France, 1917.
Picture Filling Up

French soldier filling his water bottle in a small town in Northern France.
Picture made in 1917.
Picture Famous Fighter

French Nieuport 17 (or 23) Aeroplane
This plane, designed by Auguste Delage of the Nieuport Company in 1914, became a famous fighter.
Billy Bishop, the Canadian Ace, flew this type of aircraft racking up 47 of his 72 victories.
Picture made on an improvised airfield in Northern France, 1917.

To the previous thumbnail page   This is the end of our series of color photographs from the Great War. New pictures will be added in the future. If you know of the existence of more interesting 1914-1918 color pictures please let me know - RR.

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Sources: Many pictures come from our own collection. Others were found in books, and some elsewhere on the Internet - RR.