Ypres, then and now

 

Ypres 1

 

Ypres 2

 

The town of Ypres in Belgium was at the centre of a salient held by Allied forces throughout the war. Although bombarded to rubble, it has been rebuilt exactly as it had been before the war, including its magnificent Cloth Hall and Cathedral.

 

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