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Warships Near Cape Gloucester

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Elevated view, perhaps from an American Cruiser, of warships leaving the base heading for the bombardment of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, New Guinea (pres...
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Destroyed Bridge in the Carpathian Mountains

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers standing by a downed railroad bridge in the Carpathian Mountains. The bridge was blown up by the retreating Russians in the vicinity of t...
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View of Lavarone

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Description: View of town of Lavarone in the southwest battlefront.
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Russian Village on Fire

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Description: The ruins of a totally destroyed Russian village.
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Turkish Torpedo Boats

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Description: Turkish torpedo boats on the Bosporus.
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Saales Bombarded by French

Date: 09 28 1914
Description: Town of Saales. Bombarded by the French on September 28.
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Saales in Ruins

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Description: Town of Saales in Alsace, with damaged buildings and debris lying on the ground. A ladder in front of the damaged building in the foreground reaches the ro...
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Saales in Ruins

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Description: Town of Saales in the Vosges. Debris is on the ground and buildings are damaged. There are wooded hills in the distance beyond the town. The town hall (Rat...
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Emergency Bridge

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Description: Emergency bridge over the Pruth (River) near Sanda Gora.
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Firing Line

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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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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The Spirit of Andreas Hofer

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Description: Tiroler Standschützen firing from atop a cliff against the hated Welschen.
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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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Albania

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Description: Austrian scouts in the Albanian mountains during the advance into Albania.

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