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![[German corpse in water-filled trench. Belgium. ca. 1917]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjYvMDEvMDEvZ2VybWFuLWNvcnBzZS1pbi13YXRlci1maWxsZWQtdHJlbmNoLWJlbGdpdW0tY2EtMTkxNy02NDAuanBn/320/317/jpg "[German corpse in water-filled trench. Belgium. ca. 1917]")
![[Waterloo, the tombs, Belgium] view, photochrome print postcard.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDEvd2F0ZXJsb28tdGhlLXRvbWJzLWJlbGdpdW0tMTRmZmZhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Waterloo, the tombs, Belgium] view, photochrome print postcard.")
![German Sanitary Corps & wounded man in Belg. [i.e., Belgium]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvZ2VybWFuLXNhbml0YXJ5LWNvcnBzLWFuZC13b3VuZGVkLW1hbi1pbi1iZWxnLWllLWJlbGdpdW0tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "German Sanitary Corps & wounded man in Belg. [i.e., Belgium]")
![[Wreck of German Naval airship L.2, Oct. 17, 1913]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvd3JlY2stb2YtZ2VybWFuLW5hdmFsLWFpcnNoaXAtbDItb2N0LTE3LTE5MTMtMS02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Wreck of German Naval airship L.2, Oct. 17, 1913]")
![[German soldiers in trench, 1914-15]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDMvZ2VybWFuLXNvbGRpZXJzLWluLXRyZW5jaC0xOTE0LTE1LWIwMjg5Zi02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[German soldiers in trench, 1914-15]")
![[Police arrest pickets, August 1917.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjEvcG9saWNlLWFycmVzdC1waWNrZXRzLWF1Z3VzdC0xOTE3LWVmM2YzMS02NDAuanBn/40/24/webp "[Police arrest pickets, August 1917.]")
