1918-2018 - World War I Remembrance - Wire of Death and its sad history
One of the most sad tangible legacies of World War I is located near the Klinge on the border between Belgium and The Netherlands. It is called the Wire of Death. Dodendraad - Wire of Death History In 1914 the German Empire invaded Belgium, although King Albert I of Belgium once said: Belgium is a nation not a road. Shortly after the German invasion, Belgians started to cross the border to The Netherlands en masse. In 1914 one million Belgian refugees were already in The Netherlands, but because of the war a lot of people tried to cross the border. Many wanted to escape the German occupation, others wanted to join their relatives who had already fled, and some of them wanted to take part in the war to join the forces on the allied front. Others were spies, smugglers or deliverers of clandestine mail. During World War I, the Netherlands stayed neutral, they were forced by the German Empire to control their borders, the Wire of Death made it more easier for t