WW1 ~ 100 Yrs (1 Viewer)

[DeathHand]

November 11, 2014 marked the 100th Anniversary of World War One.​

I put together a few images of various WW1 battlegrounds as they look today and added images that were taken during the war, 1914-1918 ~ a sort of 'now and then' put together.

I've seen other images showing various locations during WW1 where the 'now and then' have been merged together. They're cool but I'm looking to take it from a different angle.

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[DeathHand]

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[DeathHand]

Will upload a few more later on.

Cheers

 

[Max Dalton]

Very nicely done, 3rd pic in set 2 is very moving

 

[rottenfresh]

Very Beautiful scenery. Pics are crystal clear. There's alot of history in those hills, thanks, D.H.

 

[samael88]

Love the post. Kinda makes you think about the history all around us.

 

[DaveC]

This is great work. Moving in their own way.

 

[apollo]

Love this post! You did a great job with these pics DeathHand.

 

[msr]

Fantastic images.

 

[Kyuss]

Excellent

 

[DeathHand]

Thanks for the kudos, folks - I'm glad ya like

With WW2 and onwards (Vietnam, etc.) we have a good deal of colour pictures. With WW1 there are no colourized pictures other than ones that have been done digitally.

Something that has always made me wonder was how these battlefields looked to the boys who fought there: things went from lush green, treed landscapes to nothing but turned up mud and bodies in a matter of days.

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[DeathHand]

Any war is gruesome for any that experience it. WW1 was particularly gruesome due to the sheer numbers of dead on all sides.

The men still alive in the trenches often describe seeing bodies, body parts and blood flowing through the mud. With only black and white photos it is hard to visualize what they witnessed.

These images that I put together don't really do anything to help visualize the carnage but they place the soldiers of the black and white world into the world of colour a century after their ordeal.

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[DeathHand]

None of these images are intended to be historically accurate - that would be almost impossible to do. The black and white photos images are superimposed on real battlegrounds as they appear today.

Most of the battleground scenes are of current day Verdun, Vimy Ridge, the Somme, Ypres, Passchendaele, etc. The images that I superimposed on the photos are not necessarily a reflection of that particular battle/battleground.

Note: Some images have been used twice.

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Such a moveing place it had a very eerie yet peacefull atmosphere about it.!
At one point i just laid my hand on a rampart and within 10 secs was moved to tears!!
YOU LIVE ON LADS!!!

 

[Staggerg]

Fantastic, you've done a great job with those pic's, thanks DeathHand

 

[PowerDrill]

Beautiful thread Deathhand, your threads are absolutely fantastic. Mad respect for the people that live and died in the Great War because of the conditions they had to fight through to make it through another day.

 

[morgana1970]

That was amazingl

 

[Trkyjon]

Great images! Well done!

 

[aRyan]

Awesome thread and pictures, DH.

If anyone wants to listen to six podcasts about 5 hours long each about WW1, check out Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. I personally loved the WW1 episodes (Blueprint for Armageddon).

http://www.dancarlin.com/hh-55/

 

[muaya007]

bjutifeul pictures i liked the german soldier giving a fire to the englich holding a sigaret the finaly have peace now great pictures