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51517: The First World War 1914-1918: The Western Front: The Somme Offensive 1916

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View 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.

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Identifier

3509.jpg | CXTIWMPHOq1259.jpg

Subject

Casualties of War | Imperial Forces | Landscape | Somme | Trench | Western Front

Creator

Brooks, Ernest

Date

Sep-16

Date Created

01/09/1916

Temporal Date

30/09/1916

Spatial

Delville Wood, France

Source

Photograph

Medium

Photographic paper

Type

Photograph

Contributor

Jennifer Dunn

Rights

The Imperial War Museum

Collection ID

Q 1259

Repository Name

Imperial War Museum Photographic Archive

Repository Address

Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, UK

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

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    War in Context

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    Keywords

    First World War Poetry Digital ArchiveWorld War OnePhotographsCasualties of WarImperial ForcesLandscapeSommeTrenchWestern Front

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    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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