The Belgian army erected an observation post on the remains of the presbytery of St Catherine's Chapel in Pervijze during World War I.
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The Belgian army erected an observation post on the remains of the presbytery of St Catherine's Chapel in Pervijze during World War I.
Not much remains of Ramskapelle's former railway station today, as it was shot to pieces during the Battle of the Yser. The station was, therefore, right on the front line along the Yser.
The bayonet trench in Douamont, France, is a war memorial on the Verdun battlefield that rests on a war myth.
Although today, Vloethemveld is a 350-hectare nature reserve a stone's throw from Bruges, it was once home to a Belgian army ammunition depot and the nature area also hides other military secrets.
In the 1950s, anyone who wanted to cross the Upper Merwede had to rely on a ferry service. This was not very convenient in emergencies.
During the final months of World War I, the British Army Troop Company Royal Engineers erected a concrete bridge over the Kemmelbeek near Ypres.
In 1939, construction of a 50-kilometre defence line between Koningshooikt and Wavre, known as the KW-Line, began on behalf of the Belgian army.
On Monday evening, 3 August 1914, an explosion signalled the start of World War I in Belgium. Belgian combat engineers detonated the southern portal of the Laschet train tunnel.
Bunker 'Ermitage Sud' was part of the Maginot Line, a series of fortifications erected by the French army along its border after the German attack during World War I.
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