This photo from soon after August 5, 1914, shows a ruined liege fort during World War I. Here a steel turret is shown overthrown and the masonry dmonlished by German siege guns. On August 5, 1914, the German army launched its assault on the city of Liege in Belgium, thereby violating Belgium's neutrality and beginning the first battle of World War I.

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Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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