Album II, photo 24: Timbers for tunnels

IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE

Aquestes fotografies formen part d'un album de records d'un oficial del exèrcit alemany durant la Primera Guerra Mundial. L'album mostra les fotos que va fer principalment al Front Occidental, en dues arees molt concretes prop de Peronne i al nord de St. Quentin, probablement entre 1916 i 1917. Afortunadament l'album compta amb textos mecanografiats.

Poc després de estar situats al sud de Peronne, al llarg del Somme, les fotos passen a referir-se a pobles tot al entorn de l'area entre Cambrai i St. Quentin. Això es deu clarissimament al reajustament del front que feu l'exèrcit alemany (Operació Alberich) a inicis del 1917, per tal de aprofitar millor els seus recursos. Aquesta retirada sorpresa és la que es mostra a la pel·licula "1917", de Sam Mendes.

Aquí el poble de Joncourt, on el nostre oficial i els seus homes excaven i reforçen galeries subterranies,probablement per a refugis militars. Els taulons son caracterstics dels tunels militars de la 1ª Guerra Mundial.

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These pictures are part of the war memories album of a German oficer during WW1. He took pictures mainly in the Western Front, probably during 1916-1917. The parts of the front, mostly rearguard villages, are centered arround the Somme front south of Peronne and specially in the 1917 front north of St. Quentin. Fortunately the album has typed texts that help a lot in giving geographical context.

Shortly after being located south of Peronne, along the Somme, the photos refer to villages all around the area between Cambrai and St. Quentin. This is clearly due to the readjustment of the front by the German army (Operation Alberich) in early 1917, in order to make better use of its resources. This surprise retreat is shown in the film "1917" by Sam Mendes.

This is the small village of Joncourt, where they were digging some kind of shelters or tunnels. These timbers are typical of the type of war tunnels dig in the Western front.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Alberich

Taken on: February 6, 2022

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