Tyne Cot Cemetery - Paschendaele
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Flanders, Flanders fields, Flanders fields, Passendale, Tyne cot cemetery, Tyne cot cemetery, Ypres, Ypres salient
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War sites in and around Diksmuide
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War sites in and around Ieper (Ypres)
Tags: Flanders, Flanders fields, Flanders fields, Ieper, Menin gate, The great war, Vlaanderen, World war i, Ypres, Ypres salient
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The American and German WWII cemeteries near the city of Luxembourg (part 2 )
Tags: Ardennes, Battle of the ardennes, Battle of the bulge, Deutsche kriegsfriedhöfer, General patton, Grand duchy of luxembourg, Kriegsfriedhof luxembourg, Luxembourg, Sandweiler kriegsfriedhof, World war ii
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The American and the German War Cemeteries near the city of Luxembourg (Battle of the Ardennes)
Tags: Allied forces, American military cemetaries, Battle of the ardennes, Battle of the bulge, General s. patton jr., German military cemetaries, Grand duchy of luxembourg, Kriegsfriedhöfer, Luxembourg, Luxembourg american war cemetary, Sandweiler, World war ii
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The American World War II monument on the Mardasson Hill in Bastogne.
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WW II - The Breendonk Concentration Camp
This concentration camp from W.W. II was built from 1906 until 1914 in the village Breendonk, about 20 km outside of Mechelen. It was originally intended to be a fortress in the ring of defense fortresses around Antwerp. The fortress fell during the German invasion in 1914. Later it became the general Headquarters of the Belgian Army in May 1940. During the occupation of Belgium the Nazi's used the fortress as a concentration camp from September 1940 until August 1944.
After the occupants had gone, it was used as a prison. Since 1947 it is a national memorial. During the visit one passes through the entrance gate, through tunnels, cells and rooms, the mortuary, dungeon, barracks, the execution square and the Bailey Bridge. The museum is only a part of the entire complex. There are different rooms dedicated to the Nazi-occupation of Belgium, the Breendonk regime as well as to the post-war trials of the executors. In the former showers and kitchen works of art can be seen that were made by the prisoners.
One of the last acquisitions is a deportation train wagon donated by the Belgian Railways. In this authentic wagon thousands of people were transported, like cattle, to the extermination camps.
The Breendonk camp is a scaring testimony to the horror that took place here in the middle of the 20th century.
Visit the web site of Breendonk : www.breendonk.be
Tags: Antwerp, Belgium, Breendonk, Concentration camp, Mechelen, War sites, World war ii
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The "Habitation Acajou" was a country estate house on the Island of Martinique, built in the 18th century. In 1887 Homére Clément bought it and turned it into a Rhum distillery, one of the first in Martinique to produce white country rhum on the island. Nowadays, a large part of the estate is turned into a beautiful museum.
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Some years ago, the garden architect Jean-Louis Thoze remodelled the landscape around his grandmother's house on the island of Martinique in the French Antilles. The beautiful exotic plans and flowers make the garden into a real paradise. The most beautiful in the Antilles.
Tags: Exotic plants, Flowers, Fort de france, French antilles, Jardin de balata, Martinique
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