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Ypres, in Belgium, was one of the major battlefields of the Western Front, repeatedly fought over for its strategic location. By 1918, Ypres was a shattered landscape of rubble, shell holes, and broken foundations.
300, 000 men gave their lives in and around this one town of just 20,000, a place about the same size of modern-day Harwich.
By Guppy ProductionsYpres, in Belgium, was one of the major battlefields of the Western Front, repeatedly fought over for its strategic location. By 1918, Ypres was a shattered landscape of rubble, shell holes, and broken foundations.
300, 000 men gave their lives in and around this one town of just 20,000, a place about the same size of modern-day Harwich.