THE WORLD FAMOUS HISTORY AND PAST EVENTS

British Soldier and German dressers helping an injured German Soldier out of the basement in which they were found and taken prisoners, August 8, 1918.  This photograph was taken 105 years ago in the village of Sailly-Laurette on the first day of the Battle of Amiens, August 8, 1918. This day was known as the "1st day in the history of the German Army" by German General Erich Ludendorff. After the Allied advance on August 8, 1918, morale in the German army had collapsed, as thousands of German soldiers began to surrender almost in sight of the Allies, fed up of war and unwilling to risk their lives in a war that she was becoming more and more evidently lost. Danish-German soldier Claus Hansen Eskildsen, a 37-year-old Unteroffizier of the 266th Reserve Infantry Regiment of Germany, fought in Amiens on August 8 and described the scene in his memoir. "Ludendorff calls August 8 ""the black day"" in German military history.".  The unexpected English a...

British soldier and German stretcher-bearers helping a wounded German soldier out of the cellar in which they were found and taken prisoner, August 8, 1918. This photograph, colourised by Frédéric Duriez on Flickr, was taken today 105 years ago in the village of Sailly-Laurette on the first day of the Battle of Amiens, August 8, 1918. This day was famously called the "Black Day in the history of the German Army" by German First Quatermaster-General Erich Ludendorff. After the Allied breakthrough on August 8, 1918, morale in the German Army plummeted, as thousands of German soldiers began surrendering almost at the sight of the Allies, being fed up with the war and not willing to risk their lives in a war which was becoming increasingly evident was lost. Danish-German soldier Claus Hansen Eskildsen, a 37-year-old Unteroffizier from the 266th German Reserve Infantry Regiment, fought at Amiens on August 8, and described the scene in his memoirs. Translated by myself:  ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀...