Stretcher bearers hauling a wounded soldier through the mud during the The Battle of Pilckem Ridge, the opening attack of the Third Battle of Ypres aka the Battle of Passchendaele, a campaign of the First World War, that took place on the Western Front, from July to November 1917, for control of the ridges south and east of the Belgian city of Ypres in West Flanders.

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Size: 4260px × 3184px
Location: Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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