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TerrorFirmer · 2007-10-10 13:15:16

Not sure if anyone will be able to help. But I'm looking for a picture from the first world war, of a British soldier lighting a German prisoner of wars cigarette. I've seen it a few times but now, when I need it, I can't find it anywhere. It's an extremely well focused shot and was taken from 1916 onwards. Need it for a…

10-10-2007 1:15pm

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Not sure if anyone will be able to help. But I'm looking for a picture from the first world war, of a British soldier lighting a German prisoner of wars cigarette. I've seen it a few times but now, when I need it, I can't find it anywhere. It's an extremely well focused shot and was taken from 1916 onwards.

Need it for a piece on the invasion of Belgium in 1914...military excess or genuine atrocity...hmmm.:rolleyes:

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#2 10-10-2007 4:09pm

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Nothing like having a bit of a Google:D

http://wwii.ca/photos/passchendaele/pdale_2.jpg

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#3 10-10-2007 9:13pm

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No it's not that one, thanks anyway. It's much closer up and the German has a stalhelm helmet...

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#4 10-10-2007 9:32pm

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Had they not all been lighting each other's cigarettes, not to mention playing football, the war would have been over in a fortnight:D

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