Guest Rick Research Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 1-- Capture2-- Disarmament & field interrogation3-- Removal from the front4-- Transport5-- Camp6-- Release4: Tsarist prisoners of war being marched into the interior by Hungarian guards. Undated, but probably early in the war from the Russian troops' state of dress and equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 4: Transport by rail. Even in 1915, the terrible condition of Russian troops is seen in this photo, taken in Hungary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 5: But the war did not end in 1915... it dragged on and on.No date on this photo of Russian POWs taking a tea break at camp-- were they new arrivals from the collapsing Eastern Front, or did years of captivity make them look like Napoleon's retreating forces must have, in the winter of 1812/13? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 5: No, in the FIRST war, at least, Russian prisoners fared better than their troops in the field: better fed and better housed.Somewhere in Germany, 1917, Russian POWS and German guards-- two Germans former members of the Karpathenkorps from their cap insignia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 6: For some, "For you the war is over" did NOT mean happy homecomings.A Russian NCOs' cemetery, late spring or early summer 1918, in a German speaking area of the Central Powers. Released from their service to the ex-Tsar by death, in the safety (again, how different from the next war) of a POW camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Really nice post Rick. Not much modern interest in this field, which is a shame. Nice pictures too. Its a shame they didn't fare so well in WWII.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 I've got various POW photos from WW1-- these have always appealed to me. Will post separate topics by country. (I've actually got LUCKY British/Allied officer prisones of the Turks, among others). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Here's mine: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 and another: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hunter Posted May 21, 2005 Share Posted May 21, 2005 Rick & Ulsterman, thanks for an interesting post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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