Hi again,
on our trip at the end of October we also visited the Passchendaele Memorial Museum in Zonnebeke, Belgium.
The theme of the museum is the Third Battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele of 1917. One the one side there have been the Germans - on the other side combined forces of British, Anzac and Canadian troops. The total loss of human lives is about 450.000 for only 8km gain of ground within 100 days of battle.
You can see a lot of exponates there. The first highlight was a dugout leading to a communication centre, a first-aid post, headquarters and beds for soldiers. The second highlight was to walk through trenches in the style how the Germans had built them and how their counterparts did.
Hope you like the photos. Unfortunately some of them are a little bit too small to see all their data.
Cheers
Mike
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| The stairs lead to a German trench section. |
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| You will notice the differences to the allied trenches. |
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| A view through a periscope |
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| A mortar post |
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| The beginning of the allied trench section. |
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| Did you notice the difference of the wooden floor to the German trenches? |
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A rebuild of a Fire Trench of the allied forces
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| A view from trench to trench |
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| A view from trench to trench again |
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| Shelter "Baby Elephant" |
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Shelter "Elephant"
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