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Vast German War Material Surrendered to Allies.

2,500 HEAVY GUNS.

2,500 FIELD GUNS.

25,000 MACHINE GUNS.

1,700 FIGHTING AIRPLANES, FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS.

5,000 LOCOMOTIVES.

150,000 WAGONS.

5,000 MOTOR LORRIES.

6 BATTLE CRUISERS.

10 BATTLESHIPS.

8 LIGHT CRUISERS.

2 MINE LAYERS.

50 DESTROYERS OF THE MOST MODERN TYPE.

ALL GERMAN SUBMARINES WITH THEIR COMPLETE ARMAMENT AND EQUIPMENT IN PORT.

ALL VESSELS OF THE AUXILIARY FLEET ARE TO BE DEMOBILIZED.

TRAWLERS, MOTOR VESSELS ETC.

3,000 MINENWERFERS.

A PICTORIAL SUMMARY THAT ENABLES ONE TO GRASP THE WEAPONS AND SUPPLIES DEMANDED BY THE TERMS OF ARMISTICE TO PREVENT THE RESUMPTION OF HOSTILITIES BY GERMANY.

GERMANY’S war strength was so diminished by the armistice that all chance of further successful prosecution of the war by her was eliminated. The terms included the delivery of 2,500 heavy guns and an equal number of field guns, 25,000 machine guns and 3,000 minnenwerfers. Naval surrenders included ten battleships, six battle cruisers, eight light cruisers, two mine layers, fifty destroyers, and all submarines, with their complete equipment.

In adddition, all vessels of the auxiliary fleet trawlers, motor vessels, &c., were to be disarmed and their armament and crews put on shore; 1,700 airplanes - bombers and fighters - were also to be delivered to the Allies.

In the realm of transportation the terms demanded the giving up of 5,000 locomotives, 150,000 railroad cars, and 5,000 motor trucks. All other material - food, ammunition, coal - not removed within the period fixed for the evacuation were to remain in the bands of the Entente. Harbor facilities and railway equipment were to remain intact.

The war of the nations: portfolio in rotogravure etchings: compiled from the Mid-week pictorial. New York: New York Times, Co, 1919. Book. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/19013740/. (Accessed November 08, 2016.)

Images from "The War of the Nations : Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings : Compiled from the Mid-Week Pictorial" (New York : New York Times, Co., 1919)

Notes: Selected from "The War of the Nations: Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings," published by the New York Times shortly after the 1919 armistice. This portfolio compiled selected images from their "Mid-Week Pictorial" newspaper supplements of 1914-19. 528 p. : chiefly ill. ; 42 cm.; hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/collgdc.gc000037

Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 --Pictorial works. New York--New York Format: Rotogravures --1910-1920.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on reproduction Repository: Library of Congress, Serials and Government Publications Division, Washington, D.C. 20540

Part Of: Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-1919 (DLC) sgpwar 19191231

General information about the Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-1919 digital collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/collgdc.gc000037