Meuse Argonne American Cemetery
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Verdun / Fort Douaumont Virtual Tour (France)
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The Trench of Death - Diksmuide, Belgium
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For the real flavor of what horrors could be experienced in trench warfare, The Trench of Death is the place to see.
The town of Diksmuide is interesting in itself, even though it was bombed during the war and rebuilt. The statue in the picture is in the large main square. Don't miss the Blankaart Nature Preserve if you're a nature lover. It's just south of town.
Ypres, Belgium - The Western Front
The link goes to a film presented by the In Flanders Fields Museum which gives you a pretty good idea of the Ypres of today, which was totally demolished during WWI and rebuilt. Besides the Museum, there's the Menin Gate Memorial, Sanctuary Wood and Hill 62 to visit.
Every evening at 8pm, the Last Post, the traditional bugle salute to the fallen warrior, is played under Ypres' Menin Gate Memorial.
Ypres has a train station (Ieper). Bicycles can be rented at the station, where you'll also find taxis.
Remembrance Tour: The Great War in the Lille region
The Lille Tourist office has announced a new WWI remembrance tour startings on April 4, 2010. Covered are memorials, battlefields and cemeteries in the Fromelles and the Weppes area.
The Battle of Fromelles was the first important battle on the western front involving Australian troops. It is also considered to be the bloodiest 24 hours in Australian military history.
Museum of the Great War - Péronne, France
Here's where to find out about the great battles of the Somme in France. The site has very comprehensive coverage of WWI in English. You can go on a guided tour of the battlefields outside of Péronne from the museum.You can also download free audio tours of Somme, and Circuit of Remembrance. One of the largest battles of the first world war took place in the Somme.
Somme WWI Battlefield Small Group Day Trip from London
If you're on vacation in London and want to pop over to the continent to see some of the WWI sites in France, this Viator tour might be just what you're looking for.
"You will see Delville Wood, the Welsh memorial at Mametz Wood, the huge Lochnagar mine crater, the sunken road where the Accrington Pals were virtually wiped out, the Pozières battlefield and Windmill Hill (both important sites for Australians), Courcellette, site of the first major use of tanks supporting Canadian troops, and the nearby the tank memorial. An undoubted highlight of the day is a guided walk around the preserved Beaumont Hamel battlefield site."
