est100 一些攝影(some photos): Battle of the Somme, 索姆河戰役

2016年9月14日星期三

Battle of the Somme, 索姆河戰役

The Battle Of The Somme, Still from the British film “The Battle of the Somme”. The image is part of a sequence introduced by a caption reading “British Tommies rescuing a comrade under shell fire. (This man died 30 minutes after reaching the trenches)”.The scene is generally accepted as having been filmed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. This image, and the film sequence from which it is derived, has been widely published to evoke the experience of trench warfare, the heroism and suffering of the ordinary soldier, and the huge casualties sustained by the British Army during the initial assault on German lines. In spite of considerable research, the identity of the rescuer remains unconfirmed. The casualty appears to be wearing the shoulder flash of 29th Division, 1 July 1916. (Photo by Geoffrey Malins/IWM via Getty Images)

A British tank was captured by German troops on the battlefield near Albert (Somme), France, in 1916. (Photo by Berliner Verlag/Archiv)

Wounded British and German troops in the streets of St Quentin, France, after the Second Battle of the Somme, 22nd March 1918. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)

Some jolly gunners and their pet, 1916. (Photo by PhotograFix/mediadrumworld.com)

Victorious British and French troops capture the ruins of St.Pierre Division on November 13th 1916. (Photo by Camera Press/IWM)

Men eating their rations during a lull in fighting in the Ancre Valley in October 1916. The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, took place during the First World War between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on either side of the river Somme in France. The battle saw the British Expeditionary Force mount a joint offensive, with the French Army against the German Army, which had occupied large areas of France since its invasion of the country in August 1914. The Battle of the Somme was one of the largest battles of the war; by the time fighting paused in late autumn 1916, the forces involved had suffered more than 1 million casualties, making it one of the bloodiest military operations ever recorded. (Photo by Camera Press/IWM)

British troops go over the top of the trenches, 1916. (Photo by PopperPhoto)

A British Grenadier Guardsman keeps watch on “No-Man's land” as his comrades sleep in a captured German trench at Ovillers, near Albert, during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. (Photo by EMPICS Sports Photo Agency)