Michiel 2005's photos with the keyword: great war

Compiègne 2022 – Mémorial de l’Armistice – Ici le 11 novembre 1918 succomba le criminel orgueil de l'empire allemand vaincu par les peuples libres qu'il prétendait asservir

Compiègne 2022 – Mémorial de l’Armistice – Ici le…

Michiel 2005
26 Jul 2022 1 66
Here, on November 11, 1918, the criminal pride of the German Empire succumbed, vanquished by the free peoples it claimed to enslave.
Compiègne 2022 – Mémorial de l’Armistice –

Compiègne 2022 – Mémorial de l’Armistice –

Michiel 2005
26 Jul 2022 57
Spot where the railway carriage of general Foch stood.
Compiègne 2022 – Mémorial de l’Armistice – Museum

Compiègne 2022 – Mémorial de l’Armistice – Museum

Michiel 2005
26 Jul 2022 1 63
Compiègne 2022 – Mémorial de l’Armistice – Railway carriage 2419D

Compiègne 2022 – Mémorial de l’Armistice – Railway…

Michiel 2005
26 Jul 2022 69
Not the original, that was transported to Germany in 1940 and it burnt down in 1945. This is a similar carriage from the same time.
Compiègne 2022 – Mémorial de l’Armistice – Seating arrangement inside railway carriage 2419D

Compiègne 2022 – Mémorial de l’Armistice – Seating…

Michiel 2005
26 Jul 2022 57
Compiègne 2022 – Mémorial de l’Armistice – German pig

Compiègne 2022 – Mémorial de l’Armistice – German…

Michiel 2005
26 Jul 2022 73
Compiègne 2022 – Mémorial de l’Armistice – General mobillisation

Compiègne 2022 – Mémorial de l’Armistice – General…

Michiel 2005
26 Jul 2022 85
Compiègne 2022 – Mémorial de l’Armistice – Marne taxi

Compiègne 2022 – Mémorial de l’Armistice – Marne t…

Michiel 2005
26 Jul 2022 1 66
The French army used Paris taxis to transport troops to the battle of Marne early September 1914, racking up 70,012 francs in taxi fares.
Compiègne 2022 – Musée de la Figurine Historique – Armistice 1918

Compiègne 2022 – Musée de la Figurine Historique –…

Michiel 2005
25 Jul 2022 64
Not entirely accurate, as there were two trains, one of the Allies and one of the Germans, not just one railway carriage. The museum has a history going back to 1901, with some figurines made at the end of the 18th century. www.musees-compiegne.fr/musee-de-la-figurine-historique
Rochechouart 2017 – Aux Mort pour La Patrie

Rochechouart 2017 – Aux Mort pour La Patrie

Michiel 2005
03 Jun 2017 148
Rochechouart 2017 – Monument for the fallen of the Great War

Rochechouart 2017 – Monument for the fallen of the…

Michiel 2005
02 Jun 2017 141
Arras 2017 – Corporal Jules Julien de Cruyenaere

Arras 2017 – Corporal Jules Julien de Cruyenaere

Michiel 2005
25 May 2017 1 1 190
De Cruyenaere was a Belgian who emigrated to Canada. He enlisted at age 16 and this picture was taken. He survived the war and he died, aged 80, in Winnipeg, Canada.
Arras 2017 – Corporal Valmore Orville Forest

Arras 2017 – Corporal Valmore Orville Forest

Michiel 2005
25 May 2017 121
All over Arras these signs are put up to remember the people of the battle of Arras in 1917. Corporal Valmore Orville Forest resembles captain Blackadder.
Canada 2016 – Toronto – Royal Ontario Museum – Artwork for the article “The Vision of the Crosses”

Canada 2016 – Toronto – Royal Ontario Museum – Art…

Michiel 2005
13 Sep 2016 1 215
Canadian Home Journal , November 1935. Made by Rex Woods.
England 2016 – Great War memorial at London Liverpool Street Station

England 2016 – Great War memorial at London Liverp…

Michiel 2005
10 Jul 2016 288
Teylers Museum 2015 – Take me back to dear old Blighty

Teylers Museum 2015 – Take me back to dear old Bli…

Michiel 2005
03 Nov 2015 1 289
Take me back to dear old Blighty, put me on the train for London town, Take me over there, drop me anywhere, Birmingham, Leeds, or Manchester—well, I don’t care! I should love to see my best girl, cuddling up again we soon shall be; Whoa! Tiddley-iddley-ighty, hurry me home to Blighty—Blighty is the place for me. Listen here: youtu.be/qR8FmZbfO-I
Störmthal 2015 – 1914

Störmthal 2015 – 1914

Michiel 2005
25 Jul 2015 1 146
Störmthal 2015 – 1918

Störmthal 2015 – 1918

Michiel 2005
25 Jul 2015 172
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