Photograph - Damaged Building, France, Sergeant John Lord, World War I, 1916-1917, Black and white photograph which highlights the total destruction French and Belgian civilians encountered throughout World War I. The towns within North-eastern France and Flanders in Belgium were nearly almost all reduced to rubble. The severity of the damage to the countries' roads, infrastructure, coal mines and telegraph lines made the process of rebuilding

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Photograph - Damaged Building, France, Sergeant John Lord, World War I, 1916-1917, Black and white photograph which highlights the total destruction French and Belgian civilians encountered throughout World War I. The towns within North-eastern France and Flanders in Belgium were nearly almost all reduced to rubble. The severity of the damage to the countries' roads, infrastructure, coal mines and telegraph lines made the process of rebuilding

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Size: 3900px × 2597px
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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