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Tommies have the situation explained to them after crossing the Somme
Tommies have the situation explained to them after crossing the Somme
Officers showing a map to their men, the Somme, France, during World War I. This photograph appears to have been posed. Two officers are sitting down in the ruins of a burnt building. They are ostensibly pointing out the map to a group of soldiers gathered around them. In fact, the soldiers are paying no attention to the map and one is grinning at the camera. Communication between officers and …
Subject
- Maps
- Officers (military officers)
- Ruins
- Soldiers
- Cartography
- Ruins
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Subject
- Maps
- Officers (military officers)
- Ruins
- Soldiers
- Cartography
- Ruins
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Places
- Europe, France, Picardy, Somme (department)
Identifier
- 74549420
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T13:22:42.930Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:46:08.628Z