Tank Memorial Ypres Salient

Tank Memorial Ypres Salient is dedicated to tank crews fallen during WW I in Flanders Fields of Belgium. Is located on village square of Poelkapelle, about 10km NE of Ypres/Ieper. Easy terrain, relatively easy to find cache.

Historicka naucna cache 1. svetove valky.

Pamatnik tankistum yperskeho salientu(kotle) padlym za 1. svetove valky 1914-1918 na flanderskych polich v Belgii je na namesti vesnice Poelkapelle, asi 10km SV od mesta Ypres/Ieper.

Tank Memorial Ypres Salient was unveiled on 10th Oct 2009, on the anniversary of the World War I 1917 tank engagement in Poelcapelle.Eight tanks were deployed around village of Poelkapelle, and literally drowned in the mud of Flanders Fields. Memorial commemorates 243 tankcrew who were killed in Ypres Salient in the Great War.(They are all listed in the Register Book at the memorial).Size of Memorial construction and colours of bricks and tiles are symbolic and the relevant explanation can be found in the Register book at the Memorial. Make sure your read it, as it will make you appreciate horrible conditions in which the tankies fought. Please also sign Visitors' book. Don’t forget the 1 000 000 casualties (killed, missing and wounded) of the Great War in Ypres Salient only (an area of about 12x20km!). They fought for our freedom. “We will remember them!” More info and contact is on

www.tankmemorial.vpweb.co.uk

Pamatnik tankistum yperskeho salientu (kotle) byl odhalen 10.10.2009,v den vyroci nasazeni tanku v bojich u Poelcapelle za 1. svetove valky v r. 1917. Osm britskych tanku se ucastnilo boju kolem vesnice Poelkapelle a vsechny se doslova utopily v bahne flanderskych poli. Pamatnik je vzpominkou na 243 tankistu, kteri padli v Yperskem kotli za Velke valky.(Jejich seznam je v registracni knizce pamatniku.) Velikost konstrukce pamatniku i pouzite barvy cihel a dlazdic jsou symbolicke - vysvetleni najdete ve skrince pamatniku v registracni knizce. Urcite si ji prectete, abyste ocenili hrozne podminky, ve kterych tankiste bojovali. Prosim podepiste se tez do knihy navstevniku. Dalsi informace a kontakt jsou na

www.tankmemorial.vpweb.co.uk

Jen v Yperskem kotli - oblast asi 12x20km! – bylo za 1. svetove valky pres 1 000 000 padlych, ranenych a nezvestnych. Nedaleko odsud - u La Targette v severni Francii - se boju na strane Spojencu zucastnila za 1. svetove valky v kvetnu r.1915 i slavna cesko-slovenska legionarska Rota Nazdar. Ve 2. svetove valce, od rijna 1944 do kvetna 1945 oblehala a osvobodila nedaleky pristav Dunkerque 1. ceskoslovenska samostatna obrnena brigada pod velenim slavneho generala Aloise Lisky. Byli v ni rovnez tankiste, ale nesrovnatelne moderneji vybaveni. Nezapominejme na ne - bojovali za nasi republiku a za nasi svobodu! “Cest jejich pamatce!” Dalsi informace a kontakt