French Alpine Troopers at Dinner at Wetzlar

Notes:

French Alpine troops, an elite army unit, enjoy a lunch of soup at a table inside their barrack at Wetzlar. Two POW's would go to the camp kitchen to fetch the dinner pot and then distribute the rations to the men in the barracks.

Date Created:

1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Wetzlar, Nutrition, Rations, Meals, Camp Order, Quarters, French POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Charles Correvon, "Aus deutschen Kriegsgefangenlagern," Frankfurt am Main: Literarische Anstalt, Ruetten, und Loening, 1915, 25.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/736