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Ypres | city

Belgium / West-Flandern / Ieper /
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Ieper is a Dutch-speaking market town in western Flanders which is better known in English by its French name "Ypres". This is pronounced "ee-pruh", but British soldiers often called it "Wipers".

Ypres played an important part in the First World War. The Germans surrounded the Allied-held town on most sides, though they only held it very briefly. Fighting was heavy and the town was virtually flattened. Since then, Ypres has been rebuilt and become a place of peace, with many war cemeteries around it, memorials, museums and the Last Post Ceremony held daily at the Menin Gate.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypres
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Coordinates:   50°50'42"N   2°53'2"E

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  • trepex
    The sulfur mustards is also known under the name Yperite. Mustard gas was first used effectively in World War I by the German army against British soldiers near Ypres in 1917 and later also against the French Second Army. The name Yperite comes from its usage by the German army near the city of Ypres. More : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yperite