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Toy soldiers and real battles: WW1 Ypres pillboxes

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Monday, March 18, 2019

WW1 Ypres pillboxes

A key feature of the battlefield between Ypres and Passchendaele in 1917 was the pillbox. Along with the dreadful conditions and intense artillery bombardments, pillboxes forced a particularly grim situation upon the combatants that led to very bitter and costly fighting.
I photographed Durso made soldiers produced in 30s.









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