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The 10 Best Battlefields in Hauts-de-France, France
Hauts-de-France is a region of France created by the territorial reform of French Regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. The new region came into existence on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections in December 2015.
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1. 3rd Australian Division Memorial
2. Cobbers Battlefield Tours
3. Fromelles and Flanders Battlefield Tours
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4.5 based on 79 reviews
4. Les Fantomes de Landowski
5. Dury Canadian Battlefield Memorial
6. Memorial' 14-18
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4.5 based on 110 reviews
Standing at the foot of the hill of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Lens' 14-18 - Centre d'Histoire Guerre et Paix presents the Great War on the soil of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Designed by the architect Pierre-Louis Faloci, the contemporary building is structured around cubes of black concrete called "chapels". Employing innovative museographic techniques, this international interpretation centre exhibits an exceptional collection of iconographic documents (letters, archive photographs, contemporaneous films) and symbolic artefacts. Sourced from across the world, these documents reflect the viewpoint of all the protagonists of the conflict (French, German, British and others). Almost 400 photographs are on display in large format. Dynamic maps illustrate the various offensives and twenty or so archive films immerse the visitor in the First World War. The exhibition, created by the French historian Yves Le maner, sets out the key stages of the conflict in a chronological and thematic fashion: the war of movement and the trench system, the bloody offensives and the occupation of the Nord region, the 1918 offensives and death on the front, the ruins and the great reconstruction. A memorial space allows visitors to consult the records of 580,000 soldiers who are commemorated on the Ring of Remembrance, the International Memorial of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette inaugurated on 11 November 2014.
Reviewed By Nomad_498 - Somme, France
Excellent museum, Helpful and pleasant staff, loads of photographs to help the visitor imagine the reality of WW1. Conveniently sited near Notre Dame de Lorette.
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8. Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
Lonsdale Cemetery now contains 1,542 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 816 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 22 casualties known or believed to be buried among them.
9. Tank Corps Memorial
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 39 reviews
Reviewed By IWNoordergraaf - Groningen, The Netherlands
Just along the Bapaume-Albert road you find many tokens and monuments of the events, the huge battles of the Great War. To place this monument at the exact location where battle tanks were used for the very first time in recent history is a good service for the tank-freaks from all over the world.
10. 1st Australian Division Memorial
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 26 reviews
Reviewed By 750dimitrisl - Sydney, Australia
The 1st Australian Division Memorial is a reminder of the heroic efforts of the Australian volunteer troops that took part in the battles of the Somme. The fighting around Pozieres was particularly fierce with great casualties. The Memorial site was chosen immediately after the war as it had made such deep impression on the minds of the soldiers. This is a must visit particularly for Australians.
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