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Passchendaele: Color Photos from Hell Itself

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Passchendaele. A battle in World War I. A single battle that resulted in losses of 448,000 British Empire and French killed and wounded and 260,000 killed and wounded of the German Empire.

Today, the Queen will attend a Last Post ceremony in Passchendaele at the Menin Gate, where a memorial arch is engraved with the names of the 54,896 Commonwealth soldiers who died with no known graves.

Newly discovered rare color photgraphs of the battlefield can be found here. The photo above is from that sample. I just want to point out the look in their eyes, that look is a reflection of horror that no Hollywood actor has ever captured.

Posted @ July 18, 2007 11:44 AM | Current Affairs

Comments

This was the war to end all wars.
Sadly it didn't.

Thanks, I don't know enough history about this war. Now I know a little more.

Posted by: RileyD, nwJ at July 19, 2007 04:35 AM

... 3500 dead in 4 years of fighting.

Can you spell "pansy-ass wusses"?

I knew you could.

Posted by: Vittle at July 22, 2007 02:21 AM