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Hill 60 preserved Battlefield (World War I)

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Hill 60 preserved Battlefield (World War I)

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Hill 60 preserved Battlefield (World War I)

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Location: Ypres, Ieper, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Caterpillar Crater – World War I Crater loop from Zillebeke

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2. Gasthuisbossen – Bench by the Wooden Bridge loop from Zillebeke

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3. Caterpillar Crater – World War I Crater loop from Savanne

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Els

February 6, 2021

Hill 60 (60 points to the height of the hill) was created in 1850 by excavation work on the Ypres-Comen railway line. During the First World War, the hill changed hands no fewer than seven times, each time at the expense of bloody battles. The toll of the April-May 1915 battles was especially heavy: 2000 Germans and 3000 British were killed. The detonation of 19 mines under Hill 60 and the Caterpillar killed 687 men of the 204th German Division. The original monument to the Queen Victoria Rifles atop the hill was damaged during WWII. The current remarkable monument is made with fragments of it. In the hill itself, perhaps dozens of soldiers are still buried in the clay. The mound is a cemetery without a headstone.

Source: hiking guide Flanders route GR 128

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Hugo Hermans

April 14, 2020

A small piece of preserved battlefield.

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Bart Gabriëls

January 13, 2021

Impressive war history memorial

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Location: Ypres, Ieper, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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Hill 60 preserved Battlefield (World War I)

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