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Object description
whole: the five images occupy the whole, each held within a narrow black border. The title is separate and positioned
along the top edge, in black gothic script. The text is integrated and positioned across the whole, in black. All set against a white
background.
image: the first image is of a long cargo train falling from a partially demolished bridge. The second image is a map of Europe, outlining
the route from Berlin to Constantinople. The third image is of two artillery guns, one contemporary and one from c.1870. The fourth image
is of a series of contrastingly sized German and Allied biplanes. The fifth image is of a large ship.
text: Jede Viertelstunde ein Solcher Güterzug!
Vom 1 Febr. bis 1 Aug. 1917 wurden 5, 5 Mill. Tonnen feindl. Schiffsraum versenkt. Das ist ebenso viel, wie wenn Tag u. Nacht jede ¼ Stunde
ein Güterzug von 30-35 Wagen vernichtet wird.
Berlin Wien Budapest Belgrad Sofia Konstantinopel
Brüssel
Paris
Rom
Der vom 1 Feb. bis 1. Aug. versenkte feindl. Schiffsraum = einem Güterzug von 4489 Km. Berlin - Konstantinopel
Geschütz = heute: 12156 bisher
1870/71: 2040
Eigene Flugzeug-Verluste
bis 1915: 91 1916: 227 1917: 370
Feindliche Flugzeug-Verluste
bis 1915: 140 1916: 784 1917: 1374
Welttonnage (ohne Mittelmächte) am 1.8.1917: 32 Millionen Tonnen
England verfügbare Tonnage am 1.2.1917: 12,182 Millionen Tonnen.
Verfügbare Tonnage am 1.8.1917: 7 Millionen Tonnen
Eristenzminimum: 4 Mill. Tonnen
[Every fifteen minutes, such a goods train! From 1st Febuary until 1st August 1917, 5.5 million tons of enemy shipping capacity were sunk.
This is the same amount as destroying, day and night every ¼ hour, a 30-35 wagon goods train. Berlin. Vienna. Budapest. Belgrade. Sofia.
Constantinople. Brussels. Paris. Rome. The enemy shipping capacity sunk from 1st Febuary until 1st August = a goods train 4489 km long.
Berlin - Constantinople. Artillery = today: 12156 up to now. 1870/71: 2040. Own aircraft losses til 1915: 91. 1916: 227. 1917: 370. Enemy
aircraft losses til 1915: 140. 1916: 784. 1917: 1374. World tonnage (excluding Central Powers) on 1.8.1917: 32 million tons. England
available tonnage on 1.2.1917: 12.182 million tons. Available tonnage on 1.8.1917: 7 million tons. Minimum to exist: 4 million
tons.]
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