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WWI Study Tour: France and Belgium interests? 2016-11-24 06:55:23 Post No.
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I'm a college student that just got accepted into a two week study tour to France and Belgium for the first world war.
In one of the meetings we were told (Just five of us) to think of local places we'd like to visit when we have free time in the pre-planned cities.
Anyone have any good recommendations for these cities? Below are places we're already going
Paris
Notre Dame
Arc de Triomphe
Museum of the Army & Napoleon's Tomb
Eiffel Tower
Louvre Museum & Free afternoon
Palace of Versailles &Free afternoon
Albert
Meaux
Aisne-Oise American Cemetary
Chateau de Coucy
The Somme
Ypres
Chinese and Indian Cemetary
Wellington Quarries
Vimy Ridge
Notre Dame de Lorette
Ypres Salient Sites
Flanders Field Museum
Last Post Ceremony
Bruges
Essex Farm/Tyne Cot cemetaries
Langemarck
St. Julien Memorial
Yser Peace Tower
Dodengang (Trench of Death)
Free Day
Brussels
Grand Palace, Cinquatenaire Arch & Free afternoon
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I'd add musée d'orsay (http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html), and mont matre to you paris trip. When it comes to Brugge:
http://www.halvemaan.be/en/home
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Also, there's an American military cemetary just outside Paris. I don't recall the name, but its listed on the ABMC website. I remember it has a wonderful view of Northwest Paris. Check it out by all means.
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>>1184881
Not sure if "The Somme" includes it, but you should visit Beaumont-Hamel, scene of the July 1, 1916 attack by the Newfoundland Regiment that cost them 85% casualties in about 25 minutes.
It's run by the same Canadian govt department that runs Vimy Ridge. One of the few battlefields left that you can see the original lines of the trenches and shellholes. They have to use sheep to keep the grass down due to the amount of unexploded ordnance.
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>>1184881
>Albert
go to beaumont hamel, the largest preserved piece of land from any ww1 battle
featured the near complete wipeout of the royal newfoundland regiment during the first half hour of the battle of somme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knxR-Q2VoBE
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