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Place	Location	Category	Description
La Chaudiere(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Vimy	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918, ridge, vimy, chaudiere	Vimy Ridge was taken by the Canadian Corps in April 1917 in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, although the 25th and 47th (London) Divisions had also been involved in heavy fighting there in May 1916. The cemetery was made at
Canadian National Vimy Memorial Site & Battlefield Park(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Givenchy-en-Gohelle	memorial, national, First World War 1914-1918, vimy	Canada's most impressive tribute overseas to those Canadians who fought and gave their lives in the First World War is the majestic and inspiring Canadian National Vimy Memorial which overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge,
U-boat turntable(en)	France / Bretagne / Lorient (Лорьян)	Second World War 1939-1945, ship, submarine, turntable	An entire U-boat could be positioned on top of this large rotating platform and then moved into several bunkers that surrounded the facility.
Dormans Memorial to the Battle of the Marne(en)	France / Champagne-Ardenne / Dormans	monument, First World War 1914-1918, bataille, marne	It was built between 1921 and 1931. The Marshal Foch chooses the site of Dormans to perpetuate the memory of the second battle of Marne. The tower of the monument, high of 52 meters offers the exceptional sight of the
Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery CWGC(en)	France / Basse-Normandie / Reviers	Second World War 1939-1945, cemetery	Bény-sur-Mer was created as a permanent resting place for Canadian soldiers who had been temporairly interred in smaller plots close to where they fell. As is usual for war cemeteries or monuments, France granted Canada a perpetual concession to the
Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery CWGC(en)	France / Basse-Normandie / Cintheaux	Second World War 1939-1945, cemetery	Bretteville-sur-Laize was created as a permanent resting place for Canadian soldiers who had been temporarily interred in smaller plots close to where they fell. At the time of the cemetery's creation, France granted Canada a perpetual concession to the land
Ouvrage du Welschhof - Maginot Line(en)	France / Lorraine / Gros-Rederching	Second World War 1939-1945, fortification, interesting place	Ouvrage du Welschhof - one of the small forts of the Maginot Line.
German War Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Neuville-Saint-Vaast	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	The German Wargraves Commission, the Volksbund Deutscher Kriegsgraberfursorge (VDK) redesigned and reorganised the cemetery between 1975 and 1983. It was reopened to public on the 13th of November 1983, and there are now approximately 44,830 burials here.
La Targette French Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Neuville-Saint-Vaast	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Another very large war cemetery is found at la Tagette. This is La Targette French Cemetery which dwarfs the smaller British Cemetery to its immediate right. The French cemetery is also extremely regular in its layout, with the lines of
la Targette British Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Neuville-Saint-Vaast	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	The la Targette British Cemetery, although dwarfed by it's neighbour, is still a peaceful spot, and another example of the superb work that the CWGC does. There were beautiful flowers even in mid October, and the appearance was immaculate. Although
La Chaudiere(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Vimy	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	The cemetary was built in the shape of an artillery shell. There are 638 Canadians buried here on the north side of Vimy Ridge. In the foreground are five graves from Calgary's 50th Battalion. They are McIlvenna, Hall, Hornebrook, MM,
Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Souchez	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	The cemetery was started in March 1916. At that time, there were dugouts used as battalion headquarters located on the opposite side of the road. The Cemetery was used at intervals up until September 1918, and Plots 1 to 5
Canadian Cemetery No. 2(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Givenchy-en-Gohelle	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	There is a Maple Leaf on the cemetery gate although the burials here are not exclusively Canadian. As well as the many known Canadian and British soldiers buried here there are also many unknown burials. In fact, more than two-thirds
Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery;(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Givenchy-en-Gohelle	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	This is Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery; a small, original wartime cemetery. It is also of an interesting design, with the stone wall surrounding it being circular. This may perhaps represent the fact that the burials were really a mass grave
Roclincourt Valley Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Thelus	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Roclincourt was just within the Allied lines before the Battle of Arras in 1917 and it was from here that the 51st (Highland) and 34th Divisions advanced on 9 April 1917. The 1st Canadian Division attacked further north, across the
Highland Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Thelus	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Roclincourt was just within the British lines before the Battles of Arras 1917; and it was from the village that the 51st (Highland) and 34th divisions advanced on the 9th April, 1917. Highland Cemetery was made (under the name of
Bois-Carre British Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Thelus	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=6840...
Thelus Military Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Thelus	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=3020...
Arras Road Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Neuville-Saint-Vaast	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Arras Road Cemetery was begun by the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade soon after the 9th April, 1917, and until the Armistice it contained only the graves (now at the back of the cemetery) of 71 officers and men of the
Nine Elms Military Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Neuville-Saint-Vaast	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	"Nine Elms" was the name given by the Army to a group of trees 460 metres East of the Arras-Lens main road, between Thelus and Roclincourt. The cemetery was begun, after the capture of Vimy Ridge, by the burial in

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