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The First World War 1914-1918: The Western Front: The Somme Offensive 1916

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AuthorBrooks, Ernest
TitleThe First World War 1914-1918: The Western Front: The Somme Offensive 1916
NotesView of the blasted tree stumps in Delville Wood. On 15 July the South African Infantry launched a disastrous attempt to take 'Devil's Wood' during the Battle of the Somme. This is typical of the scenes of devastation after a major offensive. It took a long time for the forests of France and Belgium to recover from the effects of shells and poison gas.
Item DateSeptember 1916
Creation placeDelville Wood, France (Google Maps)
File typeImage
Item sourcePhotograph
Item mediumPhotographic paper
ContentPhotograph
Item height165
Item width216
KeywordsSomme, Imperial Forces, Landscape
Collection IDQ 1259
Repository nameImperial War Museum Photographic Archive
Repository address
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.iwm.org.uk/
CataloguerJennifer Dunn
FilenameCXTIWMPHOq1259.jpg
CopyrightThe Imperial War Museum
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/3497