Title

'Sur le front occidental: la prise de la Crete de Vimy; Sur les positions conquises: le..., 1917. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Sur le front occidental: la prise de la Crete de Vimy; Sur les positions conquises: le nettoyage des boyaux et des abris ou des Allemands ont pu rester dissimulés', 1917. First World War: Western front; the taking of Vimy Ridge. Clearing shells and shelters from conquered positions to prevent Germans from remaining hidden. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A79_458

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,5Mb (2,2Mb) / 23,1in x 8,0in / 6925 x 2399 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men arts country French France book guy color military war front location century soldiers soldier literature pas de calais first world war concept battle B&W warfare trench trenches 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 trench warfare Western Front WW1 photograph front line Unknown L'Illustration L'Album de la Guerre