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1. Round up of Serbian Internees

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German troops round up all of the males in a Serbian village for internment during the third invasion of the kingdom in 1915.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Russian POWs in Russian Poland

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This photograph shows Russian prisoners of war captured by the Germans during the winter of 1914-1915.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. Capture of a French Sniper

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German troops search a house after capturing a sniper, a situation which occurred frequently in Belgium and northern France. The combatant status of snipers was open to interpretation by the Germans and insurgents out of military uniform often received summary judgments.
Date Created:
1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. Russian POWs from Przemsyl

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Russian prisoners march out of the fortress at Przemsyl after Central Power forces recaptured the stronghold in June 1915. Przemsyl, a strategic pre-war Austrian fortress in the Carpathians, changed hands several times during the war.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

5. Interrogation of a French POW

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German staff officers interrogate a recently captured French prisoner for military intelligence.
Date Created:
1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

6. English POWs Captured at St. Elot Escorted by German Lancers

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British prisoners at St. Elot prepare to march to a prisoner assembly point under guard by German lancers.
Date Created:
1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

7. French POWs at Avocourt

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The Germans captured these French prisoners, under Uhlan guard, in the Avocourt Woods during the Battle of Verdun in 1916.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

8. Russian POWs at Augustowo (1914)

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Despite early successes in invading East Prussia, the Germans, under General Paul von Hindenburg, bolstered the German defenses and soon drove the Russians back into Russian Poland. This photograph shows 15,000 Russian prisoners of war awaiting transportation to prison camps in Germany.
Date Created:
1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

9. French POWs Captured at Lille (1914)

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French prisoners of war march along a country lane at Lille with their belongings to a POW assembly center in August 1914, guarded by Schleswig-Holstein troops.
Date Created:
1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

10. Destruction of the Russian 10th Army at the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes (February 1915)

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The Germans destroyed the Russian 10th Army at the Second Battle of the Mazurian Lakes in February 1915, which finally ended the Russian threat to East Prussia.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries