Càmera militar a les trinxeres / A combat camera in the trenches

IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE

Fotografies de la zona de combats de la Batalla del Ebre (1938).

Una de les càmeres que vaig fer servir en aquesta excursió pel camp de batalla fou una gran i autentica càmera militar de la 2ª Guerra Mundial. Es tracta d'una Combat Graphic, fabricada el 1944 per a la US Navy o els Marines. Potser va servir en combat al Pacific, o potser no. Per desgracia li manca la placa identificativa. Per més informació aquí:

flic.kr/p/2m2JiL9

Aviat pujaré les fotos que vaig fer amb ella.

Al sector de Els Barrancs, entre Vilalba dels Arcs i La Pobla de Massaluca, s'ha rehabilitat un sector del front republicà. Tota aquesta part de la linea al nord de Vilalba no va patir cap ofensiva feixista en tota la batalla, i fou abandonada els darrers dies per retirar-se cap als ponts de Riba-roja i Flix.

La batalla de l'Ebre (25 juliol - 16 novembre de 1938) fou la més important i mortifera de la guerra civil espanyola. Hi ha que també la consideren també la més decisiva, però crec que per desgracia la guerra ja estava decidida de molt abans, com a minim des del trencament del front d'Aragó el 9 de març del mateix any.

Tot i que l'exèrcit republicà creuà l'Ebre el 25 de juliol del 1938 per molts punts entre Mequinensa i Amposta, la major part dels combats de la batalla es donaren a la Terra Alta, a la zona entre Vilalba dels Arcs, La Fatarella, Camposines i Gandesa, a més de la Serra de Pandols.

www.sbhac.net/Republica/Fuerzas/EPR/EprL/GCE_EXT_AntonioQ...

batallaebre.org/

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batalla_de_l%27Ebre

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilalba_dels_Arcs

============================================

This is part of the Ebro battlefield (1938), in Southern Catalonia.

I brought to the Ebro trenches a real and working WW2 military camera, a Graflex Combat Graphic. It's a 4x5 film camera, made in 1944 for the US Navy or Marine Corps. I don't know if it was really used in the Pacific, but this time has been in the frontline without doubt (a cold 80 years old frontline but hey...).

About this camera:
flic.kr/p/2m2JiL9

North of Vilalba dels Arcs there's a sector of the Republican frontline that has been cleanded and restored; it's called Els Barrancs. All the Ebro front from Vilalba dels Arcs to La Pobla de Massaluca and up to the river was a quite inactive one, and stod fixed from the 26th of July to the early days of November, when the Republican forces withdrawed towards the Ebro bridges of Riba-roja and Flix.

The Battle of the Ebro (July 25 - November 16, 1938) was the most important and deadlier of the Spanish Civil War. There are those who also consider it the most decisive, but I think that unfortunately the war was already decided long before, at least since the breaking of the front of Aragon on March 9 of the same year.

The battle began with the greatest offensive made by the Republican forces, when they crossed the river Ebro between Mequinensa and Amposta (especially between Riba-roja and Miravet), and advanced to the line La Pobla de Massaluca -Vilalba dels Arcs -Gandesa - Serra de Pandols . But in just 48 hours, the dazzling advance was stopped short. Then Franco decided to crush the republican forces hill by hill (with massive artillery and bomber barrages), in a battle of attrition identical to the First World War for which the Republicans had no resources or alternative, especially with the river behind them. The main assaults, which lasted from August 10 to October 29, were concentrated in a very small and devastated area: the triangle Vertex Gaeta - Corbera - Camposines.

Finally, a final offensive on October 30 occupied the ridge of the Serra de Cavalls, making the entire Republican bridgehead unsustainable, which managed, however, to withdraw in an orderly manner until November 16. But the damage was already done, and there were no forces left for a proper defense of Catalonia, which fell three months later. Then, fascist darkness.

www.sbhac.net/Republica/Fuerzas/EPR/EprL/GCE_EXT_AntonioQ...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxQZ_gKCHtk

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ebro

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilalba_dels_Arcs

Taken in: Spain / Catalonia / Vilalba dels Arcs (show map)

Taken on: October 14, 2021

Tags:

Catalunya

Catalonia

Catalogna

Katalonien

Cataluña

Каталония

加泰罗尼亚

カタルーニャ州

batalla

camp

battlefield

front

frente

1938

spanish civil war

guerra

civil

republicans

feixistes

franquistes

posició

combat

war

krieg

position

fortín

fortificació

fortification

defence

Ebre

Ebro

Terra Alta

frontline

trinxera

trinchera

trench

graben

frontgraben

tranchée

restored

Els Barrancs

Los Barrancs

quiet

Graflex

army camera

kamera

Combat Graphic

USMC

USN

4x5

large format

vintage

filmisnotdead

filmisalive

filmcamera « less

Sets appears in: • L'historia fotogràfica / Historic cameras • Gran format / Large Format more » • Batalla del Ebre / Battle of the Ebro • Història militar II / Military History II « less

Groups appears in: • Wartime Defences • Catalunya, next state in Europe more » • Historical places • History is All Around Us • Racons de Catalunya • Battlefields: Then and Now • Països Catalans • Beautiful Capture • *Flickr en català! • "Exemplary Shots - Flickr's BEST! (Post 1 Award 3)" • 20th Century European Battlefields • BULL'S EYE ( post 1 - throw 3 Darts) SPRING CONTEST - open! • Army Theme • Afrairament occitanocatalan - Agermanament occitanocatalà • "World Trekker" (Post 7 - Award 3) • -Spirit Of Photography • "History & Antiquities (Post 5 - Award 3)" • **Heart Awards** (P.1 Award 5) Open - Sweeper present • Pentax K-5 / K-5 II / K-5 IIs Photographers • Camera-wiki.org « less

Camera: Pentax K-5, f/7.1, 1/250 sec, 22mm (=33mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Pentax K-5
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	22mm (35mm equivalent: 33mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	K-5 Ver 1.00
Show full info

Stats: 2,198 views / 7 comments