Historian Mat McLachlan explores the town of Ypres, scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of the First World War.
In this exclusive documentary, Mat explores the rebuilt Cloth Hall, a chapel that was built as a shrine to lost soldiers, the Menin Gate Memorial with its 54,000 names of missing soldiers, secret rooms in the town's ramparts, a beautiful waterside cemetery and a very special commemoration service that has been held every night for nearly a century.
Visit www.battlefields.com.au to walk through history with Mat on some of the world's great battlefields. And tune in to his weekly Living History podcast (available on iTunes and Stitcher) to hear fascinating interviews, visits to historic sites and book and movie reviews, all bringing history to life!
For more information about Mat and his work in the history space, visit www.linktr.ee/matmclachlan
