a century ago, ypres was under siege.erman lines which overlooked the allies on three sides. after the war, the british made this sanitised documentary about the battle. tales of personal heroism, to distract from the ghastly reality. the reality of uphill advances, a sucking quagmire and the horrors of machine guns and gas. this year's commemorations will be focused in ypres, a city rebuilt from total destruction. there will be a series of events built around remembrance and the need to help visitors understand what happened here. steve armand oversees cemeteries across belgium. he says passchendaele holds a particular resonance. as you walk through the cemeteries, you actually see the headstones and see the dates, particular dates on the headstones, and there's so many of them at times in one single day, or a month, and it's sometimes unbelievable that things like that happened. the last post sounds. on a freezing night under the menin gate, the bugles sound for the fallen once again. passchendaele is burnt into ypres's

a century ago, ypres was under siege.rman lines, which overlooked the allies on three sides. after the war, the british made this sanitised documentary about the battle. tales of personal heroism to distract from the ghastly reality. the reality of uphill advances, a sucking quagmire, and the horrors of machineguns and gas. this year's commemorations will be focussed in ypres — a city rebuilt from total destruction. there will be a series of events built around remembrance and the need to help visitors understand what happened here. steve oversees cemetaries across belgium. he says passchendaele holds a particular resonance. as you walk through the cemetaries, you actually see the headstones and see particular dates and there's so many of them at times in one single day, ora of them at times in one single day, or a month and it'sjust of them at times in one single day, or a month and it's just sometimes it's unbelievable that things like that happened. on a freezing night under the menin gate, the bugles sound for the fal

a century ago, ypres was under siege.des. after the war, the british made this sanitised documentary about the battle. tales of personal heroism to distract from the ghastly reality. the reality of uphill advances, a sucking quagmire, and the horrors of machine—guns and gas. this year's commemorations will be focused in ypres, a city rebuilt from total destruction. there will be a series of events built around remembrance and the need to help visitors understand what happened here. the commemorative events will take place over two days, starting with the traditional last post ceremony at menin gate followed by commorative events in the market square the following day. the last post on a freezing night under the menin gate, the bugles sound for the fallen once again. passchendaele is burnt into ypres's turbulent history. passchendaele is the loss of a lot of lives for us, and a lot of people that we commemorate day after day, and we want to continue the message that the last post has not forgotten. this summer's commemorat

a century ago, ypres was under siege.after the war, the british made this sanitised documentary about the battle. tales of personal heroism to distract from the ghastly reality. the reality of uphill advances, a sucking quagmire, and the horrors of machineguns and gas. this year's commemorations will be focussed in ypres, a city rebuilt from total destruction. there will be a series of events built around remembrance and the need to help visitors understand what happened here. steve almond oversees cemetaries across belgium. he says passchendaele holds a particular resonance. as you walk through the cemetaries, you actually see the headstones and see particular dates and there's so many of them at times in one single day, or a month and it'sjust sometimes it's unbelievable that things like that happened. last post sounds. on a freezing night under the menin gate, the bugles sound for the fallen once again. paschendaele is burnt into ypres's turbulent history. paschendaele is the loss of a lot of lives for us. a lot of peo

a century ago, ypres was under siege. the north leading north climbed steadily to the german line.battle. tales of personal heroism to distract from the ghastly reality. the uphill advances, the cold wire, machinery and gas .— coppermine. the city rebuild from total destruction, ypres will see a series of events built around remembrance and the health visitors understand what happened here. events will take place over two days it will start with the last post cemetery at the menin gate. on a freezing night under the menin gate menin gate, the google sound for the fallen once again. battle of paschendaele is the loss of a lot of lives for us. a lot of people we commemorate the day after day and we want to continue the message that the last post has not forgotten. this summer 's commemoration will be a partnership with a city whose people have never forgotten. a new year's message by a government ministry in argentina has caused uproar because it excluded the disputed falkland islands from a stylised map of the country. former soldiers and social media users have criticised that mess

a century ago, ypres was under siege.cussed in ypres — a city rebuilt from total destruction. there will be a series of events built around remembrance and the need to help visitors understand what happened here. steve almond oversees cemeteries across belgium. he says passchendaele holds a particular resonance. as you are working or walking through the cemeteries, you actually see the headstones and see particular dates and there‘s so many of them at times in one single day, or a month and it‘sjust sometimes unbelievable that things like that happened. last post. on a freezing night under the menin gate, the bugles sound for the fallen once again. passchendaele is burnt into ypres‘s turbulent history. passchendaele is the loss of a lot of lives for us. a lot of people that we commemorate day after day, and we want to continue the message that the last post has not forgotten. this summer‘s commemorations will be a partnership with a city whose people have never forgotten. stephen is director of the museum here. why is pao

the designs to attack the village north of ypres.ant in the image—building of people because of the flooded landscape and the mud. by the time canadian units took passchendaele the final objective was mainly rubble. totally rebuilt after the war, it is at the heart of thejuly after the war, it is at the heart of the july commemorations. one after the war, it is at the heart of thejuly commemorations. one will be held here, a memorial to 54,000 of the missing where i met steve arnold who oversees cemeteries across belgium. as you walk through the cemeteries, you see the headstones and see the dates on the headstones. there are so many of them at times in one single day. or a month. sometimes it isjust in one single day. or a month. sometimes it is just unbelievable. today the government invited descendants of those who fought and died here to apply for tickets to the events. 4000 places are available at ceremonies which will combine remembrance, music and art ina combine remembrance, music and art in a city whose people have never for