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Battle of the Somme: French Cemetery and remembrance Chapel of Rancourt. This village was located on the strategic axis of communication (German at the time) between Bapaume and Peronne. The mission of the 32nd French Corps on September 25, 1916 was to break this axis. Today, the cemetery of Rancourt is the largest necropolis for French in Somme (28000 meter suare, 8566 soldiers, with 3223 soldiers in the ossuary). The remembrance Chapel is the high place, and almost the only, memory place of the French participation at the Battle of the Somme. (This historic photo archive is not available for sale and only presented here to set the context).
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