Destroyed bank in Pillkallen in East Prussia, 1915

In Pillkallen in East Prussia, German soldiers stand in a bank that was destroyed by Russian soldiers during their retreat from the Germans. In the adjacent room the exploded safe is visible. In the beginning of the First World War, the Russian troops had to evacuate the occupied German areas after being defeated again in the second battle for the Masurian Lakeland

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Adjacent Defeated Evacuate Exploded Lakeland Masurian Retreat Safe Visible

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