A photo of the Somme taken by a German soldier during WW2, 1940 [5898×3450]

endim8

colourised version here.



this photo is from my collection, so it has never been posted to the internet before!
pvt_miller

This is a picture of a disabled British MK1, most certainly a long time before 1940. Really cool though!
Truth-Worm

I question that it was taken in 1940. There is no vegetation to speak of. This is 20 years later yet the few trees shown are still war torn. After such a long time new tree sprouts should have emerged.
erikalcock

So this is a WW1 tank that was still there? Wow, I had no ideas there were battlefields left untended to that degree between the two world wars.
adl805

This leave me with more questions than answers, but it’s Indeed a very cool photo, it would be nice if you showed us more from that collection.
MrRzepa2
It’s probably the most fascinating WWI/WWII* photo I’ve ever seen, thank you a lot for posting this.
- I don’t even know how to classify it
RobotCPA

Could that German soldier have served in both wars and the tank was from his service in the first war?

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