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French soldiers by a cannon. 23 July 1870 in the Franco-Prussian War. (lemmy.world)
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[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 hours ago

Betting every single one was deaf AF

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago

Look at these slackers, no wonder they lost to Prussia

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The colorization really does it credit, here, in bringing the Franco-Prussian War to life. It gives it the feeling of early industrial warfare.

Also, I don't care how ineffective it turned out, the mitrailleuse will always have a place in my heart

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Was it colourized? I believe a basic colour photo had been developed (no pun intended) by 1870.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 1 hour ago

The wiki page shows it as black and white, so I presume it was colorized.