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First Day of Mobilization in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Crowds in front of the Royal Palace in Berlin on the first day of mobilization, August 2, 1914, after Germany had made the decision to declare war.
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The First Day of Mobilization in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: View of the crowd at the Royal Palace in Berlin on the first day of mobilization, August 2, 1914.
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Children Gathered in Front of the Hospital Train

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Description: Group of children standing in front of a hospital train in Lodz listening to a gramophone set up to play music while the train was in the station.
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Periscope Binoculars

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Description: Periscope binoculars for artillery use being tested by a Turkish soldier in Syria.
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Field Telephone in Syria

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Description: Turkish field telephone in the desert.
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Turkish Artillery Forward Observer Team

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Description: Soldiers with field telephone and periscope binoculars in the desert.
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Turkish Soldiers at Rest During March

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Description: Turkish column at rest in the desert with a Red Crescent flag.
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Turkish Soldier

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Description: Turkish soldier in front of a carriage.
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Syrian Train Station

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Description: The train station in the City of Homs in Syria.
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Aleppo

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Description: Quartering troops in Aleppo.
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Female Red Cross Volunteers

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Description: Female Red Cross volunteers in front of the Reichstag building.
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Female Red Cross Volunteers

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Description: Female Red Cross volunteers cheering reservists passing by the Reichstag.
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Playing Skat

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Description: Reservists quartered in French Buchholz in Berlin.
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Supply Wagons

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Description: Supply wagons, passing by the Siegesallee, heading for the war zone.
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Red Cross Troops

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Description: Red Cross troops leaving Berlin passing by the Wilhelmstrasse and the Siegesallee.
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Austrian Reservists

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Description: Austrian reservists waiting at the Silesian train station.
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Sewing Room

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Description: View of the sewing room.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees in front of the Dom (cathedral) in Berlin.
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East Prussian Reservists

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Description: East Prussian Landsturm (reservists) marching.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Scene of destroyed and burned buildings.

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