A Photo Gallery Of The Beautiful Landscapes Which Were Once The Scene Of Some Of World War One's Bloodiest Fighting

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The Lochnagar crater on the 1916 Somme battlefields in France is the largest man-made mine crater created in the First World War on the Western Front. It was created by a mine laid by the British Army's 179th Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers underneath a German strongpoint called.The mine was exploded at the launch of the British offensive against the German lines on July 1, 1916

Still Bearing The Scars Of War, The Beautiful Landscapes Which Were Once The Scene Of Some Of World War One's Bloodiest Fighting -- Daily Mail

* Atmospheric shots were taken by photographer Michael St Maur Sheil who spent seven years on the project
* The collection called Fields of Battle-Lands of Peace 14-18 form an open-air exhibition featuring 60 photographs
* Includes image of Beaumont Hamel on the Somme where Newfoundland Regiment were decimated by Germans
* Also features football which London Irish Rifles kicked over No Mans Land on Christmas 1915 as they attacked Loos

These haunting images reveal the battlefields of World War One as they look today - one hundred years after the fighting broke out.

The powerful and atmospheric shots were taken by photographer, Michael St Maur Sheil, who spent seven years on the project.

The collection, called Fields of Battle-Lands of Peace 14-18, form an open-air exhibition featuring 60 freestanding photographs, each measuring 1.2 metres (4ft) by 1.8 metres (5ft 10in).

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