In 1992, a farmer accidentally stumbled upon the remains of a British dugout, a World War I underground shelter.
For army leaders wanting to survey the front line from Messines across Wytschaete to Ypres, the Kemmelberg was the place to be during the First World War. From 1914 to 1917, the British army controlled the strategic hilltop.
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The opening stages of the Tour de France cross northern France, a region deeply marked by the legacy of World War I and the coal industry.
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