The Somme Battlefield. Vimy Ridge Canadian National Memorial

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The image is of the Vimy Ridge Canadian National Memorial on Vimy Ridge with the two pylons and stone statues mourning Canada for her dead. The memorial is to the 60'000 Canadians who died in France during the First World War many of them who died fighting at Vimy Ridge.

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Size: 3660px × 5500px
Location: France, The Somme, Vimy Ridge
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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