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The Great Offensive:The Modern Lord of Battle
1916, Press cutting, Reproduction
The Great Offensive:The Modern Lord of Battle
The Great Offensive:The Modern Lord of Battle
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Title
The Great Offensive:The Modern Lord of Battle
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From the Illustrated London News published July 22nd 1916. Photograph by the Photographic Section of the French Army.
Date
1916
Size
39.6 x 26.7cm
Type
Press cutting
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Reproduction
The photograph depicts a 16 inch French-designed shell. These were used on the Western Front to clear away the fortified defences of the German trenches.
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ILN During WWI: Modernising Warfare
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