German position in Argonne Forest, France, 1918 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures German position in Argonne Forest, France, 1918 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: German position of resistance in the Argonne Forest, artillery & machine gun nests, captured by the American Forces, 1918
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German position in Argonne Forest, France, 1918
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The Argonne Forest in northeastern France was a dense, ravine-cut woodland that German forces had held since 1914, and in 1918 it lay at the center of the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Beginning on September 26, American divisions of the First Army pushed against German defenses along the ridges and hillsides, where barbed wire, dugouts and machine-gun positions had been built into the trees over four years. The fighting was slow and costly, as steep ravines and poor visibility turned each advance into a matter of yards, and the battle continued until the Armistice on November 11. For Americans at home, the Argonne became one of the names most closely tied to the war's final weeks, and the ground in this view was among the places they fought to take.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Creator | schutz group photographers (washington, d.c.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--France |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,574 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | German position of resistance in the Argonne Forest, artillery & machine gun nests, captured by the American Forces, 1918 |
| Reference | FRANCE German position in Argonne Forest 1918 |
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