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Achiet-le-Grand during WW1

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Achiet-Le-Grand train station was important to the Germans for evacuating the wounded, getting fresh supplies and armament.

The train station was a good target for the aeroplanes and a strategic point for the British.
In 1916 when the battle of the Somme started, the village evacuated because of bombardments from aeroplanes and canons. It was destroyed and it took two years before the people started to come back to live in temporary homes.

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