The Battle of the Yser (French: Bataille de l'Yser, Dutch: Slag om de IJzer) was a battle of the First World War that took place in October 1914 between the towns of Nieuwpoort and …

Sep 8, 2003 · Opposing elements of misery and glory marked the Belgian section of the Western front called The Trench of Death between 1914 and 1918, where regiment after regiment of …

At the outset of World War I, German troops crossed the Belgian border near Arlon, then proceeded hurriedly towards the North Sea to secure the French ports of Calais and Dunkirk. …

The Dixmude was a Zeppelin airship built for the Imperial German Navy as L 72 (c/n LZ 114) and unfinished at the end of the First World War, when it was given to France as war reparations …

The French Fusiliers Marins brigade dug in at Dixmude (Diksmuide). The defensive line stretched for 35km (22 miles) from the sea at Nieuport (Nieuwpoort) to the village of Zuydschoote …

Nov 24, 2020 · In 1915 the Belgian army tries to dislodge the Germans from the petrol tanks north of the city of Dixmude. After two failed attempts the Belgians decide to dig a trench towards …

The Trench of Death in Dixmude is the perfect setting in which to discover the horrific conditions the soldiers had to endure. The Trench of Death is the last remaining stretch of Belgian First …

A miserable four-year period of trench warfare had begun, symbolized to this day by the eerily named ‘Trench of Death’ at Dixmude, the last remnant of the trench system etched into the …

Mar 4, 2025 · One of the unrivaled horrors of war was expressed through the idea of trench warefare in during the first World War. The unsanitary conditions inside the filthy, wet trenches …

Aug 10, 2015 · On Belgian section of the Western Front at the southern end of the vast inundated area between Nieuport and Diksmuide that secured the northern-most portion of the front for …