# IRL - Cathedral in Amiens **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 11, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/irl-cathedral-in-amiens/100054 "2018-02-11T19:52:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Warlock](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/warlock/32/1711_2.png) [@Warlock](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Warlock)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/irl-cathedral-in-amiens/100054/1 "2018-02-11T19:52:31Z")
Look at the sheer number of sandbags here. Imagine being the guy who needed to fill those? ![amiens%20cathedral](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/1X/33b60d09cc36be9fefca8283e789f1f4ad850458.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Timelord](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/timelord/32/1711_2.png) [@Timelord](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Timelord)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/irl-cathedral-in-amiens/100054/2 "2018-02-15T20:47:26Z")
My back hurts just looking at this. Any historians out there want to explain why it was so heavily fortified? ---
**Author:** ![ArmleyGeddon](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/armleygeddon/32/1712_2.png) [@ArmleyGeddon](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/ArmleyGeddon)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/irl-cathedral-in-amiens/100054/3 "2018-02-15T21:02:17Z")
I’m not a historian but it’s a work of art. The film ‘Monuments Men’ was based on true events of rescuing art & artifacts from being destroyed during the war. I find it amazing what some people consider more valuable than human life but that’s for a different forum. ---
**Author:** ![Warlock](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/warlock/32/1711_2.png) [@Warlock](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Warlock)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/irl-cathedral-in-amiens/100054/4 "2018-02-15T22:11:52Z")
That was a great movie. Shed a completely different light on the war. We only hear about the human side of thing, not necessarily the “stuff” side of things.