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Soldiers Fortifying a Battleground

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Description: Soliders are fortifying the banks of a river with barbed wire.
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Radio Apparatus in the High Alps

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Description: Radiotelegraphy on a glacier — 3600 meters in elevation — in South Tyrol.
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Injured Soldier in the Mountains

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Description: Transporting an injured soldier in the high mountains of Tirol.
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Soldiers at Battle

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Description: Tiroler Standschützen firing at an approaching patrol.
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Firing at Patrol

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Description: Tiroler Standschützen firing at an approaching patrol.
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In the Mountains

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Description: Tiroler Standschützen in the mountains.
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Glacier Fortress Position

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Description: Fortified position on a glacier at high altitude, on the Tirolian-Italian front.
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Lookouts in the Mountains

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Description: Lookouts standing guard in a 3500 meter high fort on the glacier on the Italian-Tirolian front.
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Glacier Lookouts

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Description: Lookout position at an elevation of 3500 meters observing Italian ground.
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Highest Artillery Position in Europe

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Description: The highest artillery position in Europe on Ortler (Mount Ortles).
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Highest Machinegun Position in Europe

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Description: The highest machinegun position in Europe on the Ortler glacier.
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Resupplying Troops at High Altitude

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Description: Provisioning supplies and munitions to soldiers fighting against the enemy and nature at over 3000 meters in elevation can only be accomplished through hum...
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Resupplying on the Glacier

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Description: Provisioning soldiers fighting against the enemy and nature at over 3000 meters in elevation can only be accomplished through human effort. Soldiers are ca...
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Artillery Crew at High Altitude

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Description: Artillery men in the land of eternal ice in the South Tirol Alps.
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Officers of Austrian Position in the High Mountains

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Description: The commander of a fort on the Tirolian front at an elevation of 3500 meters surrounded by his officers. 1. Major Hyza; 2. Lieutenant Joseph Aldon; 3. Lieu...
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Guarding a Glacier Fort

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Description: Guard in front of a fortified position on the glacier at an elevation of over 3500 meters.
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Ski Patrol in a Glacier Fort

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Description: The highest battlefield in Europe — 3500 meters on the Tirolian border. A ski patrol must dress like polar explorers to protect themselves against the bit...
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Awaiting Further Orders

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Description: Brave Tiroler Standschützen returning after the destruction of the Cabana Cedek, located on the Italian side of the border, awaiting further orders.
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Glacier Fort

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Description: In front of a fortification on our highest battlefield.
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Machine Gun in the Alps

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Description: A soldier on the Ortler (Mount Ortles) carrying a machinegun base and legs on his back.

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