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Tunnel Entrance in Folgaria, South Tyrol

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Description: Austrian soldiers standing in front of the entrance to a tunnel in Folgaria, Italy. The entrance is to a tunnel blasted out of rock which the troops use as...
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Austrian Lookout on the Cliff

Date: 1915
Description: View looking down at an Austrian fortress officer lying in the grass at the crest of a ridge line, using it as an observation post while looking for the en...
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Austrian Artillery in South Tyrol

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Description: Austrian soldiers are manning an artillery piece in a bunker on the battlefield in South Tyrol. The German caption states "We salute you again Italy" refe...
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Soldiers Awaiting Orders to Fire Artillery

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian artillerymen taking a break from the battle at a firing position on the southwestern battlefront in Tyrol. Some of the men are smoking. The troops...
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Building Barbed Wire Entanglements

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Description: Austrian officers are overseeing the building of a wall on the front. On the left side of the wall, soldiers are standing knee-deep in the water, construct...
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Soldiers in Front of Bunkers

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers post in front of the bunkers on the Italian front in the battle zone around Lavarone in South Tyrol. These are camouflaged artillery posi...
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Turkish Heavy Artillery on the Dardanelles

Date: 1915
Description: Heavy artillery, with a Turkish crew, on the Dardanelles.
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Constructing Barbed Wire Entanglements

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are building barbed wire entanglements in a lake reed bed on the southwestern battlefront in South Tyrol. One man holding a coil of wire ...
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Constructing Barbed Wire Entanglements on a Shoreline

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are setting up a barbed wire defense on a shoreline in the South Tyrol. The men are barefoot and standing in the water, while one of the ...
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Constructing Barbed Wire Entanglements on the Shoreline

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are setting up a barbed wire defense on the shoreline. The men are barefoot and standing in the water with their pants rolled up.
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Turkish Officers on the Streets of Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Two Turkish soldiers are walking the streets of Berlin. The men are convalescing in Berlin sometime after the Ottoman Empire entered the war on the side of...
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Wounded Turkish Officers on the Streets of Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Turkish officers convalescing in Berlin sometime after the Ottoman Empire entered the war on the side of Germany in October 1914. The group of men are stan...
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Reconnaissance Patrol

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian reconnaissance patrol against Italian troops on the southwest battlefront in South Tyrol.
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Fortifying an Embarkment

Date: 1915
Description: Soldiers fortifying an embankment on the southwest battlefront in South Tyrol.
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Austrian Water Mine Sappers

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian sappers (military engineers) checking on underwater mines on a lake in South Tyrol on the Italian front.
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Austrian Water Mine Sappers

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Description: Group of Austrian sappers either laying or removing mines or other obstacles. Original German caption states: "Military fishing on the southwestern battlef...
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Removing Water Obstacles

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers "Fishing out" obstacles laid by the Italians.
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Obstacles in the Water

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Description: "Fishing out" obstacles laid by the Italians.
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Fortifying an Embarkment

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Description: Fortifying an embankment on the southwest battlefront.
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Austrian Sappers Marching

Date: 1915
Description: Detachment of Austrian sappers going to work to remove mines.

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