West Flanders Traces of war in the Polygoonbos The Battle of the Polygoon Forest took place in Zonnebeke from September 26 to 27, 1917. Australian and New Zealand soldiers eliminated the German bunkers and fortifications one by one.
West Flanders The place where John McCrae wrote 'In Flanders Fields' In early May 1915, Canadian doctor and poet John McCrae wrote the world-famous poem 'In Flanders Fields' from a medical aid station a stone's throw from Ypres.
West Flanders Concrete bunkers in the 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.
Hainaut World War Christmas truce memorial in Plugstreet 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.
West Flanders Peace park near the battlefield of Messines The Irish Peace Park in Belgium is next to the Battle of Messines, which started on June 7, 1917.
West Flanders The Brooding Soldier A sculpted soldier guards the Canadian Forces Memorial near the hamlet of St Julian in Langemarck-Poelkapelle since 1922.
West Flanders Underground WWI-shelter reveals its secrets In 1992, a farmer accidentally stumbled upon the remains of a British dugout, a World War I underground shelter.
West Flanders War cemetery on the ruins of a country house Once a country house set in lush parkland just outside Ypres, Bedford House was blown to bits during the First World War. The ruins were then used as a field hospital and brigade headquarters, among other things.
West Flanders Mine warfare in the First World War During the excavation work for the railway construction between Ypres and Kortrijk in 1854, a sixty-metre-high hill was created.
West Flanders Berlin The Grieving Parents in Vladslo German soldier Peter Kollwitz was not yet 18 years old when he was killed on 23 October 1914 while attempting to cross the Yser near Diksmuide.
6 remnants of the Battle of Berlin The fierce Battle of Berlin was the final fight at the end of World War II. The bloody confrontation, from mid-April to early May 1945, brought the Nazi regime to its knees and ended World War II.