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Excavation works of the Ypres-Comines canal started in 1864. The canal would realize a connection between the Yser River and the Leie River. However, landslides at the ridge in Hollebeke soon threw a spanner in the works.
After a century, a concrete gun emplacement is all that remains of "Lange Max," the Germans' giant cannon used during the First World War.
In 1916, the German army constructed a 285-metre-long viaduct in the village of Born in just eight months.
The Frontzate, the former railway line 74 connecting Diksmuide with Nieuwpoort, suddenly played a leading role as a front line during the First World War.
More than a hundred years ago, on May 12, 1917, the biplane of Count Paul de Goussencourt and Lieutenant de Cubber thundered from the sky during a firefight above Kaaskerke, a small town part of Diksmuide. Both died instantly.
The Spuikom in Ostend became a military air base during the First World War. In early 1917, the German army built the Seeflugstation Flandern II to defend the port of Ostend against English attacks.
A military railway line, a dilapidated monument and an anti-tank trenches surround the ruins of the Brasschaat fortress.
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