File:Famous Canal du Nord which the Canadians stormed (4688619752).jpg

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English: Horse-drawn supply carts and soldiers on foot and bicycle crossing the dry bed of the Canal du Nord, in the shadow of a bombed bridge. The railway line in the photograph was perhaps built to supply materials to the canal builders.

The Canal du Nord was still being built when World War I broke out. Even empty of water, the canal bed was a great obstruction to Allied soldiers and tanks, and formed part of the Hindenburg line of German fortifications. The Canadian storming of the canal on 27th September 1918 was a significant advance in the Allied autumn offensives.
[Original reads: 'The famous Canal du Nord which the Canadians stormed. Canadian transport passing through it up to the fighting at BOURLON WOOD.']

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  • World War One official British photographs
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  • Dead persons
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  • Propaganda
  • Soldiers
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  • Photojournalism
  • Railroad tracks
  • World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front
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Camera location46° 42′ 38.41″ N, 1° 43′ 05.48″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current15:38, 10 January 2022Thumbnail for version as of 15:38, 10 January 2022941 × 717 (120 KB)Ich (talk | contribs)Cropped 6 % horizontally, 8 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode.
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