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German barbed entanglements near Arras
German barbed entanglements near Arras
Roll of razor-wire, France. The photograph shows a roll of tangled and bound razor-wire. It is lying in a field probably as it was left by the retreating side. A figure is just visible in the background. It is believed that Ernest Brooks took this photograph. Razor wire was an effective yet brutal way of keeping the enemy away from your trenches. Metres of it would be placed in front of the tre…
Contributors
- Ernest, British official photographer Brooks
Subject
- Barbed wire
- Field fortifications
- German
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- Ernest, British official photographer Brooks
Subject
- Barbed wire
- Field fortifications
- German
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, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Arras (inhabited place)
Identifier
- 74546138
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
- 2014-04-06T12:18:24.853Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:31.528Z