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Discover Irles in France

Irles in the region of Picardie with its 111 habitants is a town located in France - some 88 mi or ( 142 km ) North of Paris , the country's capital .

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Local time in Irles is now 12:34 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: London, The Hague, Haarlem, Amsterdam, and Brussels. When in this area, you might want to check out London . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Irles ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

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 ..

REMEMBRANCE DAY 2012 - BEAUMONT-HAMEL, The Somme: 2010

1:38 min by supercanadiandude
Views: 3024 Rating: 5.00

In May 2010, a young woman visits Beaumont Hamel Memorial in memory of her family and major actions fought by the 1st Battalion of the Newfoundland Regiment. Beaumont Hamel is thirty hectare site nine ..


Villers Bretonneux - Anzac part 2 'Pozieres'

5:25 min by anzacconnection
Views: 2012 Rating: 5.00

Looking at the early days of Anzac work in France, walking from Albert to Pozieres visiting the memorials and sites now famous in Australian history books. ..

Albert - Lochnagar Crater

0:20 min by RobDavisTelford
Views: 928 Rating: 5.00

Lochnagar Crater, a few miles east of Albert, France, is the biggest explosives hole on the 1914-18 Western Front. Here is where in 1916 as part of the July Somme offensive, 80000lbs of explosives des ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Butte de Warlencourt

The Butte de Warlencourt is an ancient burial mound alongside the Albert-Bapaume road, north-east of the village of Le Sars in the Somme département of northern France. It is located on the territory of the commune of Warlencourt-Eaucourt. The site was later purchased for preservation by the Western Front Association.

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Located at 50.08 2.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Battle of the Somme, Cemeteries in Pas-de-Calais

Battle of Flers-Courcelette

The Battle of Flers–Courcelette, was a battle within the Franco-British Somme Offensive which took place in the summer and autumn of 1916. Launched on the 15 September 1916 the battle went on for one week. Flers–Courcelette began with the objective of cutting a hole in the German line by using massed artillery and infantry attacks. This hole would then be exploited with the use of cavalry. It was the third and final general offensive mounted by the British Army during the Battle of the Somme.

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Located at 50.06 2.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 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 Canada, Battles of World War I involving Germany, Battles of World War I involving New Zealand, Battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, Battles of the Western Front (World War I), Conflicts in 1916

Courcelette Memorial

The Courcelette Memorial is a Canadian war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps in the final two and a half months of the infamous four and a half month long Somme Offensive of the First World War.

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Located at 50.05 2.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Canada in World War I, Canadian military memorials and cemeteries, Military history of Canada, Monuments and memorials in Somme, World War I memorials in France

Battle of the Ancre

The Battle of the Ancre 13–18 November, was the final large British attack of the Battle of the Somme in 1916, before the winter weather forced a pause in British attacks until the new year. It was fought by the Fifth Army, under the command of Lieutenant General Hubert Gough, against the German First Army under General von Below. The intent of the British attack was to fulfill complementary objectives.

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Located at 50.07 2.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 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 Germany, Battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, Battles of the Western Front (World War I), Conflicts in 1916

Battle of Mouquet Farm

The Battle of Mouquet Farm, which began on 5 August 1916, was part of the Battle of the Somme and followed the Battle of Pozières. The farm was eventually captured on 26 September by No. 16 Section of the 6th East Yorkshire Pioneers.

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Located at 50.05 2.71 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: 1916 in France, Battle of the Somme, Battles of World War I involving Australia, Conflicts in 1916