World War I drove soldiers from all over the world to the battlefield in West Flanders. More than a hundred thousand Senegalese tirailleurs were also called up.
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World War I drove soldiers from all over the world to the battlefield in West Flanders. More than a hundred thousand Senegalese tirailleurs were also called up.
The Western Scheldt, the gateway to the port of Antwerp, played an essential role during World War II.
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 thousand inhabitants of the French village of Orne, on the edge of a forest in the early 20th century, were awoken from their idyllic lives at the outbreak of the First World War.
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.
On the night of 18-19 January 1923, the Dutch East Indies (today's Indonesia) caught the first test signals from the Dutch broadcasting station Kootwijk, over 12,000 kilometres away. It was a miracle of technology—or was it?
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.
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