

Joshua Freeman, CP24.com





More than 100 years later, it may be hard for many people to relate to the great battles of the First World War.

But while a century may have passed, the scars left behind form the Great War are not gone. Haunting images on Google Street View show the marks that are still visible on Europe’s landscape from the battles Canada took part in.

Vimy Ridge

Trenches and shell craters can still be seen along the Routes des Canadiens, which marks the place where some 3,600 Canadians lost their lives and thousands of others were injured in April 1917.

A satellite view shows the still pock-marked field around the Canadian memorial.

The Somme and Beaumont-Hamel

The lopsided ground shaped by the battle that devastated the 1st Newfoundland Regiment at Beaumont-Hamel is still visible today at Newfoundland Memorial Park. All but 68 of the regiment’s 800 men were wiped out in a single day of fighting on July 1, 1916.

The First World War trenches continue to line area roads.

The Lochnagar Crater, a giant hole blown in the ground under the German front line on July 1, 1916 is still there today and is visible from the sky.

Commonwealth cemeteries like this one sporadically pop up while driving along roads in the area.

(All images via Google Maps)