France – The Great War remembered : They came from across the globe…. – 40 photos.

During the Great War, the Northern France was at the heart of a world conflict : the British, Canadians, Americans, Australians, New Zealanders , Poles, Czechs, Portuguese, Italians, Indians and Chinese were just some of the Nationalities who fought in this region .

Traces of these battles remain numerous.

 

 

Canadian Memorial park and Monument – Vimy  ( Pas-de-Calais ), an impressive place .

Canadian territory overhanging the Artois plain.

 

The Western Front

 

 

 

 

The Australian National Memorial, Villers–Bretonneux ( Somme )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

British Memorial – Thiepval ( Somme )

Its impressive architecture ( standing 45 m tall ) is the work of the architect Sir Lutyens .Its pillars bears the name of 73,367 British soldiers who died between July 1915 and March 1918.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lochnagar Crater – La Boisselle ( Somme )

Impressive blast hole ( 30 m deep and 100 m in diameter ), a vestige of explosions on 1st July 1916 that marked the start of the Battle of the Somme by the British .

 

 

 

 

 

American Remembrance sites

 

The impressive monument of Hill 204 – Château-Thierry ( Aisne )

US reinforcements arrived near Château-Thierry . At Bois-Belleau, a cemetery and museum recall the terrible fighting .

 

 

 

 

Le Quesnoy New Zealand Memorial ( Nord )

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aisne River – Chemin des Dames

 

 

Les Fantômes ( Ghosts ) by Paul Landowski

 

 

 

Notre-Dame de Lorette Cemetery .

The biggest cemetery in France.

 

Fourdrain ( Aisne ) – German war cemetery

 

 

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