NEW WINDOW ON A GENOCIDE
The First World War witnessed a rapid advance in new technologies, notably aircraft. Nowhere was this more evident than in the field of aerial photography. By 1917, all the belligerents had developed sophisticated systems for taking, processing and interpreting aerial imagery. Because of their well-established pre-war photographic industry and high-quality optical glass, the German Air Service was one of the most advanced in this field, employing high-resolution cameras. German aerial photographers were present on all fronts, from Finland to as far south as Cairo, creating over 1.5 million individual images, the bulk of these covering areas that had never previously been photographed.
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