Wallonie
LiègeVerviersBütgenbachRoute of Commemoration, information board 10
Wallonie
LiègeVerviersBütgenbachRoute of Commemoration, information board 10
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Route of Commemoration, information board 10
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March 19, 2022
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•March 19, 2022
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In anticipation of a German invasion, the Belgian military had provided the strategically important bridge over the Warche valley with explosive ammunition. …
•June 22, 2023
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By August 1940, German engineer units had built an emergency bridge that carried the rail track over the Warchetal on two wooden scaffoldings. In 1941/1942 work began on building the passage tunnel that exists today and piling up the dam to give it the shape it has today. The masses of earth to fill up the dam were obtained from the surrounding fields. The traces of this dredging are still visible in the terrain today. The wooden scaffolding remained in the dam, but the iron girders with the rail track were removed.
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