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Mortar Craters in Mechelse Heide

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Mortar Craters in Mechelse Heide

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

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    August 10, 2023

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    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

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    It must have been something during the war...
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