Title

The Battle Seen by a Combatant; H-Hour (5:16 a.m.) of D-Day (October 23)...1917 Creator: F Elim.

Caption

'The Battle Seen by a Combatant; H-Hour (5:16 a.m.) of D-Day (October 23): our troops leave under the cover of a curtain of smoke shells; high in the sky, a rocket', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].

Date

1917

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A80_193

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,5Mb (2,1Mb) / 16,5in x 11,2in / 4947 x 3356 (300dpi)

Keywords

hillside hill hills people male group man men historical landscape arts country French France art book guy smoke geography color morning explosion military war ridge front location Armed Forces century drawing photograph soldier literature first world war concept battle picardy photo advance troops time of day B&W four people cautious candid Army advancing warfare publication Colour World War I WWI bombardment black & white black and white B W armed services white and black D-Day World War One 1910s 20th century military operation history historic The Print Collector 1st World War Aisne Chemin des Dames geographical feature TGN Western Front WW1 illustration Operation Overlord pencil drawing pencil landscape Le Matin L'Illustration Battle of La Malmaison L'Album de la Guerre H-Hour F Elim Elim F F. Elim