Unless you were the photographer, or have positive knowledge of the details (trusted source, etc.), it is always wise to double check any photo you intend to use.
unis certainly look more akin to an army dressed and equipped post-1870/71 rather than experienced and blooded by the machine guns and massed arty of 1914. o7
Excellent. I love a good myth. Currently reading a supposed history book where the cover photo has a sexier US tank pasted over the original drab Brit tank. On average, it has two factual errors per page.
Just one of the many reasons why history is hard!
Unless you were the photographer, or have positive knowledge of the details (trusted source, etc.), it is always wise to double check any photo you intend to use.
well fakery has existed since the invention of the camera
unis certainly look more akin to an army dressed and equipped post-1870/71 rather than experienced and blooded by the machine guns and massed arty of 1914. o7
Excellent. I love a good myth. Currently reading a supposed history book where the cover photo has a sexier US tank pasted over the original drab Brit tank. On average, it has two factual errors per page.