Manfred von Richthofen
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) during the First World War.
Latitude and longitude of Corbie
Satellite map of Corbie
Corbie is a commune of the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.
Population: 6,486
Latitude: 49° 54' 24.19" N
Longitude: 2° 30' 24.55" E
Articles of interest in Corbie
61 Articles of interest near Corbie, France
Show all articles in the mapAmiens Cathedral
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens (French: Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), or simply Amiens Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral and seat of the Bishop of Amiens (currently Jean-Luc Bouilleret). It is situated on a slight r…
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
The Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial is a memorial site in France dedicated to the commemoration of Dominion of Newfoundland forces members who were killed during World War I.
Lochnagar mine
The Lochnagar mine was a mine dug by the 179th Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers, under a German field fortification known as Schwabenhöhe, in the front line south of the village of La Boisselle in the Somme département of France. The mine was spru…
Thiepval Memorial
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,195 missing British and South African men, who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. It is near the village of Th…
Battle of Albert (1916)
The Battle of Albert (1–13 July 1916), comprised the first two weeks of Anglo-French offensive operations in the Battle of the Somme. The Allied preparatory artillery bombardment commenced on 24 June and the Anglo-French infantry attacked on 1 July,…
Battle of Thiepval Ridge
The Battle of Thiepval Ridge was the first large offensive mounted by the Reserve Army of Lieutenant General Hubert Gough, during the Battle of the Somme and was intended to benefit from the Fourth Army attack at Morval, by starting 24 hours afterwa…
Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt
Other engagements
Villers–Bretonneux Australian National Memorial
The Villers–Bretonneux Australian National Memorial is a World War I memorial, located near the commune of Villers-Bretonneux, in the Somme département of France. The memorial lists 10,773 names of soldiers of the Australian Imperial Force with no k…
List of Commonwealth War Graves Commission World War I memorials to the missing in Belgium and France
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) aims to commemorate the UK and Commonwealth dead of the World Wars, either by maintaining a war grave in a cemetery, or where there is no known grave, by listing the dead on a memorial to the missing. Th…
Corbie Abbey
Corbie Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in Corbie, Picardy, France, dedicated to Saint Peter.
Ulster Tower
The Ulster Tower is a memorial to the men of the 36th (Ulster) Division in Thiepval in Northern France. The memorial was officially opened on 19 November 1921 and is a very close copy of Helen's Tower which stands in the grounds of the Clandeboye Es…
List of National Historic Sites of Canada in France
This is a list of National Historic Sites of Canada (French: Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) in France.
Selle
The Selle (also spelt Celle in the Oise) is a river of Picardy, France.
Froissy Dompierre Light Railway
The Froissy Dompierre Light Railway (CFCD) is a 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) narrow gauge light railway running from Froissy (a hamlet of La Neuville-lès-Bray) to Dompierre-Becquincourt, through Cappy, in the Somme department, France. It is run as a heri…
Fricourt German war cemetery
Fricourt German war cemetery is near the village of Fricourt, near Albert, in the French département of the Somme. Most of the fallen were members of the Imperial German 2nd Army.
Ancre
The Ancre is a river of Picardy, France. Rising at Miraumont, a hamlet near the town of Albert, it flows into the Somme at Corbie.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Amiens
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amiens (Lat:Dioecesis Ambianensis), is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France.