French soldiers camouflaging a 370 mm railway gun on September 5th, 1917, near the village of Heenkerke in Flanders, Belgium. WWI [1000 x 800]
French soldiers camouflaging a 370 mm railway gun on September 5th, 1917, near the village of Heenkerke in Flanders, Belgium. WWI [1000 x 800]
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What could go wrong trying to camouflage a gun the size of the empire stare building
Dont wanna be anywhere near when that shell impacts wtf.
Heenkerke seems to be a spelling error as it’s not an actual place in Belgium (as far as I can tell anyway). It might come from Steenkerke near Veurne as it wouldn’t have been crazy far from the war front.
Funny thing is that when you Google Heenkerke, all you get is 100 links leading to this same picture … So everyone seems to have been copy-pasting the same error.
To be honest, I can still kinda see it
there is no such place as HEENKERK in Flanders
lol I was reading ‘a 370mm rail gun’