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Delve into Herbecourt in France

Herbecourt in the region of Picardie with its 136 residents is a city in France - some 77 mi or ( 124 km ) North of Paris , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Herbecourt

Current time in Herbecourt is now 11:51 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: London, The Hague, Haarlem, Amsterdam, and Brussels. While being here, make sure to check out London . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Herbecourt ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

2005-08-03 Haute Picardie 3

5:14 min by mrksvideos
Views: 60549 Rating: 4.71

More Haute Picardie roll-bys, then on the TGV for a quick 45 minute ride back to the Charles de Gaulle airport, then finally the Montmartre Funicular. ..

2005-08-03 Haute Picardie 01

2:42 min by mrksvideos
Views: 33032 Rating: 4.83

My first time in France experiencing the wonders of 300kmh TGV's and Eurostars passing Haute Picardie station, north of Paris. At 1:41-1:46 and again at 2:00-2:06 you can see rhythmic shaking of the v ..


2005-08-03 Haute Picardie 2

5:06 min by mrksvideos
Views: 13323 Rating: 5.00

Views around the Haute Picardie station in France. The videoing locations for these two videos are at the Haute Picardie Station platforms, underneath an A-1 overpass about half-mile south of the stat ..

German M16 helmet dug up

2:09 min by boddeus
Views: 7301 Rating: 4.64

German M16 stahlhelm dug up on WWI Battlefield. But after 95 years of laying underground there isn't much left of it. It was on a somme battlefield, we also found some howitzer shells and a gew98 that ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Museum of the Great War

The Museum of the Great War (French: Historial de la Grande Guerre) is in Péronne, France, near the heart of the World War I Somme battlefields. (There is another museum with a very similar English name near Paris. ) The museum looks mostly at the Great War, and the years just before and just after. It strives to place war in a social context, stressing "the common suffering of the combatants" and "the civilians, who were equally mobilised by the war effort".

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 49.93 2.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Museums in Somme, World War I museums in France

Raynal Bolling

Raynal Cawthorne Bolling (September 1, 1877 - March 26, 1918) was the first high-ranking officer of the United States Army to be killed in combat in World War I. A corporate lawyer by vocation, he became an early Army aviator and the organizer of both of the first units in what ultimately became the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve Command.

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Located at 49.88 2.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: 1877 births, 1918 deaths, American lawyers, American military personnel killed in World War I, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Harvard Law School alumni, Harvard University alumni, People from Greenwich, Connecticut, People from Hot Springs, Arkansas, Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States), United States Army officers

2nd Division (Australia)

The 2nd Division commands all the reserve brigades in Australia. These are the 4th in Victoria, the 5th and 8th in New South Wales, the 9th in South Australia and Tasmania, the 11th in Queensland and the 13th in Western Australia. The division was first formed in 1915 as part of the First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF), and served in the Gallipoli Campaign and on the Western Front World War I. Apart from a period from 1960 to 1965, the division has existed in one form or another.

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Located at 49.95 2.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: 1915 establishments in Australia, Australian World War II divisions, Divisions of Australia in World War I, Infantry divisions of Australia, Military units and formations established in 1915

Battle of Guillemont

The Battle of Guillemont was a British assault on the German-held village of Guillemont during the 1916 Battle of the Somme. Guillemont lay on the right flank of the British sector where it linked with French forces and by holding it, the Germans prevented the Allied armies from operating in unison. Guillemont came in range of British forces following the Battle of Bazentin Ridge on 14 July and it was subjected to a number of costly attacks in late July and August.

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Located at 50.01 2.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: 1916 in France, Battle honours of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, Battle honours of the Rifle Brigade, Battle of the Somme, Battles of World War I involving France, Battles of World War I involving Germany, Battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, Battles of the Western Front (World War I), Conflicts in 1916, History of Somme

Battle of Pozières

The Battle of Pozières was a two week struggle for the French village of Pozières and the ridge on which it stands, during the middle stages of the 1916 Battle of the Somme. Though British divisions were involved in most phases of the fighting, Pozières is primarily remembered as an Australian battle. The fighting ended with the Allied forces in possession of the plateau north and east of the village, and in a position to menace the German bastion of Thiepval from the rear.

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Located at 50.02 2.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: 1916 in France, Battle honours of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, Battle of the Somme, Battles of World War I involving Australia, Battles of World War I involving Germany, Battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, Battles of the Western Front (World War I), Conflicts in 1916