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: Hendrik Geeraert, Belgian WWI folk hero

Hendrik Geeraert, Belgian WWI folk hero

Portrait of Hendrik Geeraert, Belgian WWI folk hero who opened the sluices of the Yser River, stopping the advancing German army during WW1

Picture No

13047485

Media ID

48096441

Size

3478px x 4733px (4.5MB)

Credit

©Arterra/Collection Philippe Clément/Mary Evans

Source

Mary Evans Picture Library

Date

circa 1916

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14-18 1914-1918 Flanders Flooding Hendrik Ijzer Inundation Locks Nieuport Nieuwpoort Patrimony Sluice Sluices Yser

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