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‘German prisoners of war captured during the battle of the Menin Road’, 1917 (b/w photo)

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NAM5921668
Image title
‘German prisoners of war captured during the battle of the Menin Road’, 1917 (b/w photo)
Artist
Unknown photographer, (20th century)
Location
National Army Museum, London
Medium
black and white photograph
Date
1916 AD (C20th AD)
Image description

‘German prisoners of war captured during the battle of the Menin Road’, 1917. Photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1917. A major operation during the Third Battle of Ypres and the drive towards Passchendaele, the Battle of Menin Road (20-25 September 1917) witnessed the first use of General Herbert Plumer’s ‘bite and hold’ strategy. After repeatedly trying to break through on a wide front and being halted by the deep German defence system, Plumer instead selected a small part of the German front line. This would be heavily shelled and then attacked in strength. The advancing troops would stop once they had penetrated 1,500 yards into the German lines. At this point they would dig in. When the German counter-attack was launched, instead of finding a mass of exhausted and disorganised men at the limit of the Allied advance, they would find a well organised defensive line still in range of supporting artillery. The Menin Road operation was a success with most of Plumer’s objectives being captured on the first day. German counter-attacks were repulsed the first and second days of the operation. Three quiet days followed. The battle ended with a final German counter-attack on 25 September, again repulsed without serious problems. From an album of 76 official photographs, 1916-1917.

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© National Army Museum / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
prisoner of war / Ypres / Belgium / Europe / prisoner / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto
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