Aerial view of Achiet-le-Grand, 1918. One of a series of British aerial reconnaissance photographs recording the positions of trenches on the Western Front during the First World War. Roads and transport tracks criss-cross the village of Achiet-le-Grand, a British casualty clearing station and railhead, shortly before the village was reoccupied by the Germans during the Spring Offensive of 21-25 March 1918. Achiet-le-Grand, Nord-Pas de Calais, France, 18 March 1918. Achiet le Grand, Nord-Pas de Calais, France, Western Europe, Europe .
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Aerial view of Achiet-le-Grand, 1918. One of a series of British aerial reconnaissance photographs recording the positions of trenches on the Western Front during the First World War. Roads and transport tracks criss-cross the village of Achiet-le-Grand, a British casualty clearing station and railhead, shortly before the village was reoccupied by the Germans during the Spring Offensive of 21-25 March 1918. Achiet-le-Grand, Nord-Pas de Calais, France, 18 March 1918. Achiet le Grand, Nord-Pas de Calais, France, Western Europe, Europe .

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Battlefield Road Track Trench Village Wars and conflict World War I (1914-18) Landscape and scenery Cities and towns Wars and conflict Damage and destruction Achiet le Grand Nord-Pas de Calais France Western Europe Europe

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