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==History==
===World War I===
[[File:Bayernwald 14.JPG|thumb|German concrete bunker at the Bayernwald Trenches in [[Croonaert Wood]]]]
[[Image:IR Lübeck 031 – Wytschaete.jpg|thumb|11 April 1918 during the ''Fight of the [[Kemmelberg|Kemmel]]'' as part of the [[German spring offensive]]]]
The area experienced many major battles during [[World War I]], as part of the [[Ypres Salient]] area. The front-line ran through the area of Wytschaete, which was captured and held several times by both sides during the course of the war. [[Spanbroekmolen]] was an important German stronghold, and on 30 April and 17 June 1916, the area was the site of two [[Gas attacks at Wulverghem|German gas attacks on British troops at Wulverghem]]. The [[Kemmelberg]] was important during the [[Battle of the Lys (1918)|Battle of the Lys]], and German units maintained a trench system (''Bayernwald'') within view of Ypres at [[Croonaert Wood]]. Nowadays, the ''Bayernwald'' trenches can be visited as an [[open-air museum]]. There are a number of war cemeteries in the municipality, including [[Godezonne Farm Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery|Godezonne Farm]], [[RE Farm Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery|RE Farm]], [[Spanbroekmolen British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery|Spanbroekmolen]], [[Suffolk Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery|Suffolk]], [[Klein Vierstraat British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery|Klein Vierstraat]] and [[Kemmel Number 1 French Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery|Kemmel Number 1 French Cemetery]].