West Flanders
In 1992, a farmer accidentally stumbled upon the remains of a British dugout, a World War I underground shelter.
Command bunkers lettenberg
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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Half hidden underground on a hillside along the First World War battlefield in West Flanders, the German army built a reinforced concrete command post bunker.
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