Some photos taken at the Eastern Front during WWI, 1914-17.
A farmer woman from East Prussia is feeding German soldiers.
Cossack officers of East Prussia, 1914
Soldiers going to fight, 1914
German soldiers with the artillery in Russia, 1914
Some of them were killed
German soldiers in Russia, 1914
A wounded soldier at the railway station in Tilsit, 1914
Ruined bedroom in a villa of Tilsit, 1914
Russian war prisoners crossing the bridge in Novo-Georgievsk, Eastern Front, 1915
German soldiers on the way to Libava, rest in the dunes, Eastern Front, Russia, 1915
Military cemeteries: Russian soldiers and civilians are burying a German pilot, Russia, 1915
Killed German officers were buried on the bank of the Memel river. Eastern front, Russia, 1915
Russians are teaching German war prisoners to dance, Eastern front, Russia, 1915
Russian soldiers with a howitzer on the wooden raft, Russia, 1915
Destroyed Russian fortress in Brest-Litovsk, Russia, 1915
German soldiers in a ruined city Brest-Litovsk on the Eastern Front. The city underwent massed intense fire from the Russian side, 1915
Germans are saving sacks of grain from the burning warehouses. Brest-Litovsk, 1915
Germans occupied Brest-Litovsk. Warehouses are burning. Men are removing heavy sacks of grain from the house. Brest-Litovsk, 1915
Vehicle “Feldpost Deutsche Kaiserliche” and German soldiers, Fillipovo, Russia, 1915
German mail boxes at the Eastern Front, Russia, 1915
Marfa Malko, a Russian soldier-woman was fighting Germans with her husband. She was captured and only in the camp they noticed she was a woman. 1915
German soldiers are warming up with soup, 1916
Eastern front. Hundreds of German soldiers in the street during the short rest, Russia, 1917
Germans are celebrating the victory in Riga. 1917
Local peasants are burying the killed Russians near Lutsk, 1914
People were killed with bayonets with no subsequent burial. 1914
Wounded soldier, 1914
German bakers in the field of the Eastern front, 1914
In 1914 the German Emperor visited the Eastern Front
German soldiers are building a temporary bridge, 1914
German camp hospital, Eastern front. 1915
Austrian troops at the Eastern front are moving towards Dukla pass in the Carpathians, 1915
Field post office at the Eastern Front, Poland, 1915
Poland, 1915
Russian cavalry, 1915
German soldiers in an unknown city, 1915
A group of military attaches the next day after the Warsaw occupation by the German troops, 1915
Burning village at the Eastern front, Poland, 1915
Civilians going along the Russian trenches fortified with sacks with sand, 1915
Russian fortress Ruzhan is fully ruined after being invaded by the German troops. Poland, 1915
Russian troops retreating and burning villages to stop the attack of the German troops, Poland, 1915
Russian ships on the Vistula, 1915
The church building serves as a place for sorting endless letters and parcels for German soldiers at the Eastern Front, Poland, 1915
Ruined fort in Prague, not far from Warsaw, 1915? Fires in Prague, suburb of Warsaw invaded by the Germans, 1915? Pregue is not far from Warsaw? Whats the hell are you speaking about? Use map before you type something.
*Prague
ddl,
Read correctly what’s written and look up Wikipedia before blaming others: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praga
“Prague” (pl. Praga) is not only Czech Republic’s capitol, but also one of Warsaw’s districts. Maybe you should do some research as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praga
I’m just waiting for the war when Poland denounces the Chinese – the best let it be 4 War! Because then Chinese will pass through the Russian 8 times – WielkaPolska 1610!
men love to grows mustache in that era…
@ddl
Praga is a district of Warsaw.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praga
“Russians are teaching German war prisoners to dance, Eastern front, Russia, 1915″
They should have known better. Everyone knows the German is incapable of dance.
How many German soldiers do you know to say that?
It’s unfortunate that the Western front of WW1 gets the most attention in the history books! Very interesting post.
It depends on what history books you read
Interesting note: Ruzhan (pl. Różan) fortress now houses Poland’s only nuclear waste storage.
Nice photos, maybe a few pictures of Przemysl next time?
“Russian soldiers with a howitzer on the wooden raft, Russia, 1915″ This photo is marked incorrectly. It should state “DECOY Russian Soldiers” as the howitzer and the men are all scarecrows…a common tactic to draw either cavalry or infantry into a fight.
CJ,
You have made a number of errors in several places:
Apparently “Tilzit” is back-translitrated from the German spelling “Tilsit”. Also Under this Name, it was a German town (until ’45), not a Russian one
The photo subtitled “German troops are entering Warsaw, 1915″ has a German inscription reading “Warsaw shortly before being captured by German troops. A Russian fortification battalion is leaving Warsaw”
corrected, thanx
The cold war was the most useful war!Not 1 nuclear warhead was launched and look at our technology today!!