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Mortar Craters in Mechelse Heide

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Mortar Craters in Mechelse Heide

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Mortar Craters in Mechelse Heide

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Please check local regulations for: Vlaams Natuurreservaat Mechelse Heide

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    August 10, 2023

    To the left and right of this road are numerous mortar craters. Here you will also find a vast area with many small craters. In all likelihood, this is where the objects that the German soldiers of the Minenwerferschule had to try to hit were located here.
    More information can be found at izi.travel/nl/b77f-minenwerferschule-asch/nl#

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      September 19, 2023

      It must have been something during the war...

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        Location: Maasmechelen, Tongeren, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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