Ypres/Ieper one of Europe's top World War I destinations

[Paul Varmuza]

 

Today is a momentous Armistice Day, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of the horrific “Great War” that embroiled dozens of countries, kingdoms, empires, and colonies, and scarred and shaped all of world history for the past century, fought from July 1914 to November 1918. Various of those countries and their successors in Europe and beyond have been marking World War I’s rolling centennial with a variety of events and remembrances. History buffs looking for a European getaway could do worse than visit one or more of the major destinations which marked key episodes in “the war to end all wars”. There are dozens of spots where it’s commemorated in local landmarks, but here are the top four...  

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