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by rightbyte 515 days ago
The first 5 subpages seem to give an romanticized picture of war, which is unfortunate.

Edit: Nvm, was some ruins on page 3 at least.

2 comments

Well they're outdoors so it will be kinda picturesque at times.
What do you mean? I see a ton of pictures in there of all kinds of things, that would certainly seem to be useful to historians
Like, 'Soldier picking berry from tree' does not seem to have a 'Retreat through mud carrying wounded' counterpart.

But yes the pictures are certainly fine and useful for historians.

Soldiers that are actively involved in fighting are less interested in fiddling around with 1930s era camera equipment, which I also have to imagine was less common in Finland than the relatively more wealthy imperial powers.

Also random soldiers interested in photography are probably doing it as an escape/hobby more than for historical reasons.