Arras, Albert and the Somme battlefields
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Around Arras, 35km northwest of Cambrai, and Albert, 40km to the southwest of Cambrai, some of the fiercest and most futile battles of World War I took place, and at one time the trenches even cut through the grandiose main square in Arras, now restored to its former glory. At nearby Vimy Ridge, the Canadians fell in their thousands; at Notre-Dame de Lorette, the French suffered the same fate. Albert is not a place to linger, but makes a convenient base for exploring the many war cemeteries in the area.
Pages in section ‘Arras and the Somme battlefields’: Arras, Vimy Ridge, Albert.
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