Soldiers silhouetted against the sky prepare to fire an anti-aircraft gun. On the right of the photograph a soldier is being handed a large shell for the gun. The Battle of Broodseinde was part of the 1917 third Battle of Ypres – engineered by Sir Douglas Haig to capture the Passchendaele ridge.

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Please note that whilst the image remains exactly the same, the stained, bleached out sky in the original has been replaced to add interest

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Size: 3200px × 2226px
Location: Ypres, Belgium
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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