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Abandoned German Front Line Trench on the Flanders Field

  • 6/11/17

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Description

The original caption for this photograph reads: Battle of Flanders. Scene in the old German front line.

It comes from a series of photographs depicting military activities during World War I that were taken by British photographers and acquired by the U.S. War Department.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs .

National Archives Identifier: 16580232

Full Citation: Photograph 165-BO-1191; Abandoned German Front Line Trench on the Flanders Field; 6/11/17; British Photographs of World War I, 1914 – 1918; Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs , Record Group 165; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/abandoned-german-trench/, December 15, 2025]

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