Picture No | 10642429 |
Date | 1914 |
Description | The Russian peril approaching Germany, WW1 |
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Nemesis, or the Russian peril approaching Germany, in the early days of the First World War. Above: a view of Konigsberg, the capital of East Prussia (it is now Kaliningrad, conquered by the Soviet Union towards the end of the Second World War). Lower left: General Paul (Pavel Karlovich) von Rennenkampf of the Russian army, leading the invasion of Germany. Lower right: a view of Posen, capital of the Polish province annexed by Prussia in the 18th century (since 1919 Poznan in Poland).
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Source | Unattributed photographs in The Bystander, 2 September 1914, p489 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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