The British army ruled Ploegsteert woods throughout World War I, except from April to September 1918, when the German army held Ploegsteert for six months.
The Pioneer car and motorcycle route is a fully signposted, 75-kilometer-long car route starting at the Passchendaele Museum in Zonnebeke. This car route discovers World War I relics in Zonnebeke, Wervik, Wervicq-Sud, Bousbecque, Comines and Mesen.
The British army ruled Ploegsteert woods throughout World War I, except from April to September 1918, when the German army held Ploegsteert for six months.
The Irish Peace Park in Belgium is next to the Battle of Messines, which started on June 7, 1917.
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