Hindenburg Line, Argonne Forest, France, 1919 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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Hindenburg Line, Argonne Forest, France, 1919 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Hindenburg Line, Argonne Forest, France, 1919
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In 1919 the Hindenburg Line and the Argonne Forest still bore the scars of the fighting of 1918, when the German defensive system was broken. The Meuse-Argonne offensive, which the American First Army began in late September 1918, pushed through dense forest and trench works at a cost of tens of thousands of American casualties before the armistice of 11 November. By the time this view was made, the ground was a landscape of shell craters, tangled wire, and abandoned equipment, and crews were still clearing it, burying the dead, and salvaging material. The Treaty of Versailles, signed in June 1919, set terms for Germany, but for local farmers and villagers the immediate task was rebuilding what four years of war had wrecked.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Creator | king, w. l. (william lester) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--France |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,093 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Hindenburg Line, Argonne Forest, France, 1919 |
| Reference | FRANCE Hindenburg Line, Argonne Forest, 1919 |
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