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Description: | German artillery officer served with German Army in Germany and on Western Front, 1914-1917; served as observer with German Air Force on Western Front, 1917-1918
REEL 1 Reactions to approach and outbreak of war, 7/1914-8/1914. Recruitment and training as artillery officer with German Army, 8/1914. Various aspects of period in France, 1914-1915: Christmas truce with French troops, 25/12/1914; shell shortage; liaison role with infantry in Somme area, 6/1916. Aspects of operations as observer with German Air Force on Western Front, 1917-1918: artillery observation role; question of provision of escort aircraft including dispersal of large escort and story of being shot up by inexperienced escort pilot; shot down, 8/1918. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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