visually explores the efforts of the major combatants to
remember the fallen along the entire length of the old
Western Front.
The area of Belgium and northern France that was the
Western Front is a place like no other. In a line running
seven hundred kilometers from the English Channel
to the Swiss border the horrors of industrialised war
consumed men by the millions for over four years.
When the War finally ended, entire societies were in
shock and the ensuing outpouring of grief can be seen
today in the countless cemeteries and memorials that
dot the landscape.
Much has been written of the British experience
and the work of the Commonwealth War Graves
Commission including the major architects of national
memorials, but little material can be found regarding
the American, French and German sites.
In 2013 Marcel and a friend travelled the entire
length of the Western Front. The images he captured
tell an amazing story and the chapters of the book
are organised in such a way as to help the reader to
understand the stupendous efforts of the nations
involved to remember their fallen.


