The Pillboxes of Flanders

Posted on July 29, 2023 by oldfrontline

Concrete bunkers – pillboxes – are an iconic symbol of the Great War, and in this episode we look at the book ‘The Pillboxes of Flanders’ published in the 1930s, examine their history and use, and then visit some of the surviving examples of bunkers around Ypres.

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Category: Flanders, Podcast Episode, WW1 History, Ypres

5 Comments on “The Pillboxes of Flanders”

N Cherry
July 30, 2023

Very interesting……another great listen…..

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- oldfrontline
  July 30, 2023
  
  Thanks, Niall.
  
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Peter Stroo
July 31, 2023

Great podcast again. Am triggered by the story about the discovery of British concrete, delivered to the Germans through The Netherlands. Surely want to look in to that. It is becoming clearer and clearer to me that “neutrality” had a very specific meaning to “us” in those days.

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Stephen Hunt
August 23, 2023

Another excellent podcast with some troubling observations about Dutch “neutrality”. Maybe they hadn’t quite forgiven us for waging war against their kinsman twelve years before. Thurlow’s book is available via N&M press as one of their reprints for £5.59.

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- oldfrontline
  August 23, 2023
  
  Thanks, Stephen and good shout on the Thurlow book!
  
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