- Battle of the Somme: The town of Albert and the Basilica of Notre Dame des Brébieres. Affected 15 January 1915 by several shells, the statue of 'Mary the Infant Jesus' that overcomes the building tilts horizontally. A legend born from this 'Leaning Virgin' which predicts that 'the war will end when the Virgin fall.' What actually happened in 1918 ... when the British bombed the building to prevent the Germans from using it as an observation post.

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Battle of the Somme: The town of Albert and the Basilica of Notre Dame des Brébieres. Affected 15 January 1915 by several shells, the statue of "Mary the Infant Jesus" that overcomes the building tilts horizontally. A legend born from this "Leaning Virgin" which predicts that "the war will end when the Virgin fall." What actually happened in 1918 ... when the British bombed the building to prevent the Germans from using it as an observation post.

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