Aerial view of a battlefield under snow. One of a series of British aerial reconnaissance photographs recording the positions of trenches on the Western Front during the First World War. An original caption indicates the position of a British Field Battery Company, marked by a line of black dots in the top left hand corner. A strongly fortified trench zig-zags its way north to south, crossed by the dark lines of transport tracks. Nord-Pas de Calais or Picardie, France, 22 December 1917., Nord-Pas de Calais, France, Western Europe, Europe .
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Aerial view of a battlefield under snow. One of a series of British aerial reconnaissance photographs recording the positions of trenches on the Western Front during the First World War. An original caption indicates the position of a British Field Battery Company, marked by a line of black dots in the top left hand corner. A strongly fortified trench zig-zags its way north to south, crossed by the dark lines of transport tracks. Nord-Pas de Calais or Picardie, France, 22 December 1917., Nord-Pas de Calais, France, Western Europe, Europe .

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Battlefield Trench Wars and conflict World War I (1914-18) Landscape and scenery Wars and conflict Damage and destruction Weather and natural disasters Snow and ice Military and armed forces British Army Nord-Pas de Calais France Western Europe Europe

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