Wytschaete

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Wytschaete is a village in West Flanders, Belgium, that was a strategically important position on the Western Front during World War I.

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Wytschaete canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former municipality
human settlement
village
administrativeChange merged into Heuvelland municipality in 1977
conflict World War I
controlledBy German Army during part of World War I
country Belgium
elevationFeature ridge position
hasAlternativeName Wijtschate NERFINISHED
Wytschaete (French spelling often used in WWI sources) NERFINISHED
hasCemetery British and Commonwealth war graves
Wytschaete Military Cemetery NERFINISHED
hasHeritage World War I memorials
battlefield sites
war cemeteries
hasRole front-line village in World War I
strategic military position
historicalPeriod early 20th century military history
language Dutch
locatedIn Flemish Region NERFINISHED
Heuvelland NERFINISHED
West Flanders NERFINISHED
Ypres Salient area NERFINISHED
northwest Belgium
locatedNear Kemmel NERFINISHED
Messines NERFINISHED
Ypres NERFINISHED
locatedOn Western Front NERFINISHED
nearFeature Messines Ridge NERFINISHED
notableFor heavy fighting in 1914–1918
role in Battle of Messines mine offensive
partOf Belgian province of West Flanders NERFINISHED
municipality of Heuvelland NERFINISHED
recapturedBy British forces in 1917
Commonwealth forces in 1917
reconstruction rebuilt after World War I destruction
regionType rural area
strategicImportance formed part of German defensive line south of Ypres
overlooked surrounding lowlands
wasSiteOf Battle of Messines (1917) NERFINISHED
fighting on the Western Front
trench warfare
underground mine explosions in World War I

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