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At the end of the 19th century, the Cotonnière du Touquet settled in the northern French textile town of Tourcoing.
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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.
Pont de l'Origine is one of the drawbridges along the old canal between Brussels and Charleroi.
In 1938, the Organization Todt, the construction company of the German Third Reich, began constructing the West Wall (or Siegfried Line), a German defence line from the Netherlands to the Swiss border.
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.
An old railway embankment along the Scheldt has revealed its secrets since the beginning of this century. Not only was it transformed into a miniature nature reserve, but you will also find references to the railway past.
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On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall, a symbol of Cold War division and oppression, was breached. Berliners poured through the newly opened checkpoints.
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