Thousands of people gathered today (11 November) in the Belgian town of Ypres to mourn the millions of soldiers killed in the First World War, which began 100 years ago. The Flemish town, called Ieper ...

Though the reasons for WWI are murky to most Americans – something about the assassination of an Archduke, as well as the unification of feudal-era principalities into modern nation-states – the war ...

Reporting from Ypres, Belgium — “In Flanders fields,” the old poem says, “the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row.” And in the middle of those fields stands Ypres (pronounced “EE-preh”), ...

THOSE who don’t understand history are doomed to repeat it, or so it is said. But events that happened last century can feel distant and unknowable. Sure, you can learn from books and films, but the ...

The scene of some of the bloodiest fighting from the First World War will be commemorated by this year’s Tour de France. A hundred years after the start of the global conflict and the first battle of ...

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Today, Ypres is a quaint city contained by a medieval moat that’s 800 years old THOSE who don’t understand history are doomed to repeat it, or so it is said. But events that happened last century can ...