Title

'Sur le front occidental: la prise de la Crete de Vimy; Apres avoir brise devant eux la..., 1917. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Sur le front occidental: la prise de la Crete de Vimy; Apres avoir brisé devant eux la resistance de l'ennemi, les Canadiens victorieux franchissent la crete de la falaise de Vimy', 1917. First World War: Western front; the taking of Vimy Ridge. After having broken through enemy resistance, the victorious Canadians cross the crest of the Vimy hill. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A79_456

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,5Mb (1,4Mb) / 23,8in x 7,8in / 7138 x 2328 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men arts country French France book guy Canada Canadian color military war front location century soldiers soldier literature pas de calais first world war concept battle B&W publication Colour World War I WWI battlefield black & white black and white B W white and black Battle of Arras World War One frontline 1910s 20th century Nord-Pas-de-Calais The Print Collector 1st World War Battle of Vimy Ridge Pas-de-Calais TGN Western Front WW1 photograph front line Unknown L'Illustration Vimy Ridge L'Album de la Guerre