Guest inkhussar Posted 16 September , 2003 Share Posted 16 September , 2003 Here are a few very interesting places to see some excellent photos & illustrations concerning the Great War. ------------------------------------------- POSTERS: WORLD WAR I POSTERS -- about 1,200 posters 1914-1920. American and French posters supporting the war effort http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/wwiposhtml/wwipos...subjindex1.html ----------------------------------- TAKE UP THE SWORD OF JUSTICE British Posters of World War One from the Roger N. Mohovich Collection http://www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/spe...st/britpost.htm --------------------------------- La Grande Guerre en Dessins Welcome and sorry because there's no available english version of this site ! The main purpose here is to present galleries of french artists' drawings from WW1 period. Some of these artists have been soldiers, the other ones were too old but they all did their drawings during the war. If you want to look at the galleries, please choose 'Les Dessins' from the homepage http://dessins1418.free.fr/ ----------------------------- The History of a Soldier JOSEPH LESAGE (1884-1918) a First World War story http://www.josephlesage.tk/ ----------------------------- 14 - 18 Photos de Guerre The photos of a French Soldier : Yves Troadec http://www.ac-rennes.fr/pedagogie/hist_geo...uerre/index.htm ------------------------- I am paticularly interested in illustration (maybe as I illustrate myself ) & some of the illustrations shown here are exceptionel. Sometimes there seems to be more power in an illustration than in a photo. I hope they are of some interest to you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Maier Posted 16 September , 2003 Share Posted 16 September , 2003 Great stuff on these sites! Thanks for pointing them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWills Posted 16 September , 2003 Share Posted 16 September , 2003 Thanks for these links - it's a great delight to have some French orientated links - it's too easy for us to forget the role the French played, after all it was (and still is) their country. Can anyone else suggest any other good french or french orientated web sites? Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garde Grenadier Posted 18 September , 2003 Share Posted 18 September , 2003 http://www.grosser-generalstab.de/ this is a great site with many pictures, it is in German though . There are even reproductions of the old German uniforms from a cigarette card album. Best wishes Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garde Grenadier Posted 18 September , 2003 Share Posted 18 September , 2003 http://www.stahlgewitter.com/ this site (in German as well) takes you into the most horrible reality of WWI and shows the cruellest ways in which human beings can treat each other. Regards, Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Burgoyne Posted 18 September , 2003 Share Posted 18 September , 2003 Hi Daniel I am sure some will say there is no need to show such pictures but they do bring home the reality of war. Annette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inkhussar Posted 18 September , 2003 Share Posted 18 September , 2003 Good sites Daniel, I visited them quite a while back (& downloaded the whole of http://www.grosser-generalstab.de/ which I put onto a CD for reference - the uniforms are extremely good). Thanks Annette Burgoyne - I understand how images of death & destruction can seem pointless & even bad (when used in a sort of morbid, gorey way). But sometimes seeing what the soldiers lived through day to day really does bring the sheer insanity & horror of war home. But if someone get's off on looking at these pictures then they are disturbed & sick minded. There is definitelty a need to see the horrors of war - but it should be done wiuth respect & great sadness... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garde Grenadier Posted 18 September , 2003 Share Posted 18 September , 2003 Hi Daniel I am sure some will say there is no need to show such pictures but they do bring home the reality of war. Annette Hi Annette, that was my sentiment too and I hesitated to mention that site. I was shocked when I first saw it. I certainly did not intend to enhance people with a morbid taste for brutal scenes. My mentioning this site should be deleted if people are offended. Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Burgoyne Posted 18 September , 2003 Share Posted 18 September , 2003 Hi inkhussar There is definitelty a need to see the horrors of war - but it should be done wiuth respect & great sadness Yes- A picture can say more then works and I felt very sad looking at them, there is one with guitar laying about and that brings it home that those lumps of shattered flesh, were every day chaps who just wanted to live. Annette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inkhussar Posted 18 September , 2003 Share Posted 18 September , 2003 Hi Annette & Daniel - it's true it seems so utterly inconceivable for us to image the people who eventually got used to seeing death & destruction everyday. I just hoped that all that sadness was not in vain & that we as a society really learn from the past & the enormous price our forebears paid. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 18 September , 2003 Share Posted 18 September , 2003 I think it was the 19th Century cartoonist, Honore Daumier, who said that photographs describe everything and explain nothing. Terry Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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