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    The story of the Danger Tree takes some understanding.

    The last thing you saw was the Danger Tree.

    The Germans had the high ground, and as the Canadians advanced, they were blown to smithereens.

    If you got as far as this tree, you died. snipers, artillery and machine gun fire, were used to devastating effect.

    All around this tree, piles and piles of dead, littered this small area.

    Located halfway across No Man's Land, the “Danger Tree” marked an area of particularly heavy fire.

    The site of a high concentration of Newfoundland casualties.

    The tree's broken and twisted remains, emerged as an important symbol of the scope of devastation the fighting caused.

    Today, a replica of the original tree stands in its place, though unrecognizable after the battle.

    The “Danger Tree” was originally a plum tree.

    The carnage is breath taking, I listened to a guide talking to students explaining the unimaginable, heart breaking events.

    It took them days to clear the area around this small tree.

    Can you imagine watching your friends being ordered to attack, seeing them being blown to bits and pieces?

    Then, being ordered yourself, to stand in their footsteps, and meeting the same fate.

    It's so peaceful now.

    Just the sound of the wind and the birds chirping away, give us no clue of the horrific events of yesteryear.
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    Craters still litter the area.
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    The German trenches still survive to this day.

    These were the forward "spotter" positions, giving the artillery at the rear, the position of the advancing Canadians.
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    The view the Germans had.

    It's hard to imagine what they actually saw.

    All around the Canadians, the Germans had them blocked.

    To the left and right, there was no escape.

    The "Danger Tree" is where the clump of students are, so you can see how close the Germans where.
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    Did the tour guide take you to 'Y' ravine? This was a notorious German fortified position at the time of the battle of the Somme and was full of deep dug-outs.

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    The "Danger Tree" is at the Newfoundland Park Memorial, Beaumont Hamel, France.

    The battlefield today.

    Original barbed wire supports, wooden trench walls, still survive to this day.

    This is a original WW1 Battlefield, it's a time capsule.

    It's still a very dangerous area, warnings are every where.

    May they Rest In Peace.
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    Great Thread DB
    It is not the size of a Collection in History that matters......Its the size of your Passion for it!! - Larry C

    One never knows what tree roots push to the surface of what laid buried before the tree was planted - Larry C

    “The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” - Winston Churchill

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    Thank you so much for sharing!

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    A pleasure my friends.

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    Amazing how much of the earth works remain, rounded and softened by time.

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