Spanbroekmolenkrater

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Spanbroekmolenkrateret, også kendt som Fredens Pool, er en minekrater i den belgiske landsby Wijtschate. Krateret opstod i 1917 under Første Verdenskrig ved Slaget om Mesen. I alt er der opstået omkring 19 kraterer som følge af eksplosionerne fra miner under dette slag, men dette krater er det mest berømte.

Området for dette slag ligger omkring byen Mesen, syd for Ieper, og var en forberedelse til den 3. slag ved Ieper, også kaldet Slaget om Passendale, efter den landsby som var det oprindelige mål for angrebet. Det allieredes mål i slaget om Mesen var at gøre fronten ved Ieper mere lige, så angrebet på Passendale ville have større chance for succes.

Den 7. juni 1917 kl. 04:10 sprængte briterne i alt 19 dybdebomber mellem Hill 60 og The Birdcage sydvest for Waasten.

Rundt om krateret ligger flere britiske militære kirkegårde såsom Lone Tree Cemetery og Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery.

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Address: Wijtschate

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