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The First World War, an Illustrated History


by A.J.P. Taylor

Two German marines, of the IX and XI Marine Artillery, watching in the dunes along the North Sea or Baltic Sea coast. Text: Lieb Vaterland magst ruhig sein Dünenwache. XI and IX Matrosen Artillerie Dear fatherland, you want to be quiet Dunes guard. XI and IX sailors artillery

Two German marines, of the IX and XI Marine Artillery, watching in the dunes along the North Sea or Baltic Sea coast.

Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group, Perigee edition: 1972 (or

Copyright: George Rainbird Ltd., 1963