The Canadian Brooding Soldier at Vancouver Corner at St Juliaan on the Belgium Salient commemorating Canadians lost during 2nd & 3rd Battle of Ypres

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The memorial commemorates the 18,000 Canadians who withstood the first gas attack in April 1915 with 2,000 killed and many injured, The surrounding trees are trimmed to represent artillery shells.

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Size: 4004px × 6000px
Location: St Juliaan, West Flanders, Belgium
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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