In Flanders Fields

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In Flanders Fields

Battlefields and graves

A new long term project, that  I started to work on is the Great War. Regretfully, due to Covid-19, the project was temporarily on hold. The Great War, as all other wars, was a real disaster. So many people lost their lives. It was a dirty catastrophic war. Just some figures to get an understanding of the magnitude of how terrible it all was: 64 million soldiers took up their weapons, 10 million died. The four years resulted in 40 million people that were wounded and injured.

I live not too far away from the battlefields of this war, in Belgium. I made a first day trip in February 2019 around Ieper. I want to go back more often in order to to have a better understanding of what happened and pay a tribute to the people that lost their precious lives.

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow - Between the crosses, row on row - That mark our place; and in the sky - The larks, still bravely singing, fly - Scarce head amid the guns below. - We are the dead. Short days ago - We lived, felt down, saw sunset glow - Loved, and were loved, and now we lie in - in Flanders Fields

Talana Farm Cemetery

Hill 62, Sanctuary Wood

German Soldier Cemetery

German Soldier Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery
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