This photo dates to World War I and shows "Cossacks capture German spies on the thatched roof of a Polish farmhouse. Cossacks are member of a people of southern Russia and Ukraine, noted for their horsemanship and military skill. Cossacks, as here, refer to members of a Cossack military unit.

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Size: 4500px × 3962px
Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1910s, 20th, century, cossack, cossacks, german, germans, germany, great, poland, regiments, russia, spies, spires, troops, war, world, wwi