23 forbidden photographs of the First World War 1917

Video: 23 forbidden photographs of the First World War 1917

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-10 19:46

On June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was committed by a Serbian student Gavrila Princip, a member of the secret organization Mlada Bosna. This was the direct reason for the outbreak of the First World War - one of the largest armed conflicts in the history of mankind.

Here's a selection of World War I photographs taken on the battlefields and training camps of the United States and its allies. All these pictures were censored at one time so as not to cause defeatism among the population and not to give secrets to the enemy side.

(23 photos total)

1. This soldier was killed not in battle, but during exercises. The picture was considered demoralizing and was banned from publication.

2. In the photo, President of the United States Woodrow Wilson. A moment after the photographer took the picture, a soldier crawled out from under a stone made of papier-mâché. The photo was banned from printing, believing that it could give the enemy a new method of disguise.

3. A black American soldier who received flowers from French women for helping liberate France. The photo was banned.

4. The dead soldiers before burial. Photography, of course, was banned.

5. A rare photo - the explosion of an American airship (analogue of the German zeppelin).

6. Soldiers drowned during training.

7. The house destroyed by the retreating Germans.

8. American soldiers killed in action.

9. The secret prototype of the British bomber.

10. American soldiers drinking after taking enemy positions. The photo was censored as alcohol was officially banned.

11. Skeletons before burial.

12. A soldier who was gassed during a training exercise.

13. This picture was banned for publication in order not to divulge the secrets of hand-to-hand combat to the enemy.

14. Sleeping soldiers are very similar to the dead, this picture was also banned.

15. Due to the lack of weapons, wooden dummies were sometimes used in training. The photograph was banned from publication in order to exclude its use in enemy propaganda.

16. Tests of old cuirasses for suitability in modern combat. The metal shells coped with the task, but the photo was still not allowed to print.

17. A set of grenades for testing. Some of them have long been used in combat, and some were new and secret developments.

18. In early 1917, rising prices for bread and staples led to a wave of bread riots in New York. This picture, of course, did not get into print.

19. With the help of a photograph, the woman tried to convey some secrets to the German side by encrypting the message in the lace of her apron.

20. American soldiers have fun with a troupe of ballet dancers. The photo was banned as too frivolous.

21. New Zealand soldiers are sailing along the Panama Canal. This trip was secret, and the picture was not allowed to go to press.

22. New guns against submarines, secret development.

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