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View in the Grand Place, Bethune
View in the Grand Place, Bethune
Shell damage in the Grand Place, Bethune, France, during World War I. The severity of the damage that French towns near the front lines suffered from bombing and artillery fire. Not one of the buildings pictured here remains intact, and it is likely that the cost in human life was also high. The French town of Bethune was considered an important strategic location for its rail and canal links.…
Contributors
- Thomas Keith, b. 1879 Aitken
Subject
- French
- Ruins
- Shells (ammunition)
- Squares (open spaces)
- Towns
- War damage
- Ruins
- Frenchcore
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- Thomas Keith, b. 1879 Aitken
Subject
- French
- Ruins
- Shells (ammunition)
- Squares (open spaces)
- Towns
- War damage
- Ruins
- Frenchcore
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1918
- 1918
- 2005
Places
- Europe, France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Béthune (inhabited place)
Identifier
- 74549160
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
- 1918
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T13:22:52.697Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:55.865Z