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Ruins of the church in Peronne blown up by the Huns
Ruins of the church in Peronne blown up by the Huns
This image is a perfect illustration of the terrible devastation wrought by artillery fire during 'the Great War’. The town of Peronne is close to the Somme, which witnessed some of the fiercest fighting and worst carnage of the whole conflict. It is said that there was not one house or building left in Peronne that remained untouched by shellfire, and that everything had to rebuilt once the Armis…
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Germany. Heer
- Churches
- French
- Ruins
- Towns
- Ruins
- Frenchcore
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Germany. Heer
- Churches
- French
- Ruins
- Towns
- 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
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Places
- Europe, France, Picardy, Somme, Péronne (inhabited place)
Identifier
- 74548076
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T13:22:37.647Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:46:06.176Z