Unexploded ordinance from the Battle of the Somme in modern day northern France still dangerous after all these years.

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Live ammunition identified and left by the side of the road on the Somme battlefield in pas de calais France comprising shells, grenades and blasting caps. The local fire service is regularly called to dispose of these items and it can be said that the battle is literally still raging nearly 100 years later.

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Size: 4704px × 3136px
Location: somme pas de calais near Arras
Photo credit: © Louis Berk / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: artillery, battle, blasting, bomb, calais, caps, dangerous, de, disposal, farming, fields, france, great, grenades, hand, live, ordinance, pas, shells, somme, war, world, wwi