Denzil Walton lives in Belgium and documents many of the wonders of this lovely country. World War I plays a major part in many of his posts since so much of the fighting was done in Belgium.
During the First World War the old medieval town of Ypres was the centre of one of the most notorious battlefields the world has ever experienced: the Ypres Salient. In the four years of the war, the entire town centre was virtually totally destroyed. By the time the war ended, a person on horseback could look right across the town. Not surprisingly, it was deserted: the whole population had fled or had been forcibly evacuated.
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Thank you Pat!
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My pleasure, Denzil. It’s a great article.
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By coincidence I am currently reading The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman. Thank you for the link
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My pleasure, Derrick. Glad you liked it. Hope you are enjoying the book.
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I am
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Great choice to share, Pat. Hugs on the wing!
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Thy, Teagan. Hugs back at you.
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Thy, Teagan. Hugs back at you.
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Fascinating. Apparently Ypres escaped WW II relatively intact. I wish I’d known about the town back in the 1980s when I was in Belgium on a European vacation — I would have gone out of my way to visit Ypres.
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Thanks for commenting. That would have been a good side trip.
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A remarkable story, thanks for featuring it.
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Thanks, glad you liked it.
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