55 Photo's Battlefield Australians Somme 1918

Pierre Grande Guerre

Pierre Grande Guerre

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As I did promise, I recently edited 2 new photo pages about the Australians in the Somme sector in the summer of 1918.
We start with a short detour to the location of the first Tank versus Tank Battle ever in history, just outside Villers Bretonneux. From then on we visit the Australian National Memorial and Military Cemetery of Villers Bretonneux and the Memorial Obelisque near Vaux sur Somme. The second page tells about the strategically important Australian conquest of the “Wolfsberg”, the short but fierce "Battle of le Hamel" of 4 July 1918, next a visit to the Triumph Arch and the Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof of Proyart, to end this impression with the Memorial for the 2nd Australian Division at the peak of Mont St. Quentin near Péronne.

For now I would like to invite you to visit my new pages of the “Australian” Somme Sector of the summer of 1918, and click HERE.

I do hope you will appreciate these new pages. Thanks for your attention and visiting my website again!

Pierre GG

The battlefield of le Hamel from the former Observation Post of the Wolfsberg:

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Pierre, excellent fotos as usual! A real historical record and a tribute to our Australian allies. Thank you for posting! Brian
 
Bravo Pierre!

A comprehensive battlefield photo record. These places are very important for Australians. The areas you have visited mark the major Australian battlefields of the 1918 campaign. The Australian divisions had finished 1917 in the vicinity of Passchendaele and were drawn down to the Somme after the 21 Mar 18 offensive. Eventually all of the Australian divisions were in this sector and fought the great battles at Villers-Brettoneaux and Dernancourt. In every classroom in the the school at Villers-Brettoneaux there is a sign that reads "N'oublions jamais l'Australie" (Let us never forget Australia).

The Battle of Hamel on 4 July marked the first time that Australian and American troops fought together. The Americans were the junior partners in that one, but it has tended to be the other way around in every war since.

Also, the German A7V tank "Mephisto" that was captured at Villers Brettoneaux, is now at the Brisbane Museum. The only surviving A7V left in the world. Many pieces of the Red Baron's aeroplane are now in the Australian War Memorial and the Oakey Army Aviation Museum.

Thanks for the great work Pierre!
 
@ Brian.
Thanks Brian. I :D do hope you also approve of my new internet environment?

@ Flasheart. Thank you, Flasheart. :D
I am glad my photo impression of these battlefields made you write this enthousiastic message.
It is indeed an important spot along the front, silent witness of a
an important model for combined operations during the Allied offensives in 1918!

Thanks again, gentlemen!

Pierre
 
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