Bullecourt 1917, Jean and Denise Letaille museum
| Established | 25 April 2012 |
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| Location | 1 bis rue d'Arras, 62223 Bullecourt, France |
| Coordinates | 50°11′35″N 2°55′43″E / 50.1931°N 2.9286°E |
| Area | 210 sq ft (20 m2) |
Bullecourt 1917, Jean and Denise Letaille museum, is a French museum, located in Bullecourt. This is a military museum about the First World War and the nearby Battle of Arras in particular.
The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
On 10 April 1917, the 62nd British Division and Australian 4th Division attacked the village of Bullecourt to repel the German enemy. Tanks should support this attack, but they were delayed by bad weather. Two battalions of the West Yorkshire Regiment that didn't know the delaying of the attack were severely touched. On 11 April 1917, only eleven Mark II tanks supported the troops for another assault.
Harry Murray took part in the battle where his friend Percy Black is killed.
After this first failure, a second assault took place from 3 to 21 May 1917. At 3.45 am on 3 May 1917 the attack was launched. However, thanks to their deep underground shelters many Germans escaped the bombardments. Part of the attacking force was exposed to machine guns and many soldiers were killed in No man's land.
After an hour of fighting, the Australians seized a section of the first two German lines. The British 62nd Division attacked the ruined of Bullecourt on the morning of 3 May. Despite the support of ten tanks, the attack failed in the face of the Württemberg division. George Howell was seriously wounded during the fighting. At the end of the battle, the Allies retained a small part of the Hindenburg Line but it was of no tactical significance. The British Army then focused its attention on the battles in Flanders.
From May 1917 to March 1918, 8,893 British and 10,771 Australians and more than 10,000 Germans were killed. Among the survivors, there were many who would die during later battles in 1917 and 1918.
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