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Farming the WWI Battlefields

Sally Challoner travels to the former Western Front to explore the impact the terrible battles had on farmland there. Farmer Dirk Cordoen still finds explosives on his arable land.

Sally Challoner travels to the former Western Front in Passendale and the Somme to explore the impact these terrible battles had on the farmland there. She meets farmer Dirk Cordoen, who still finds explosives on his arable land.

And she visits Delville Wood to find out how the Commonwealth War Graves Commission works with local farmers and landowners to preserve its hallowed sites.

Produced and presented by Sally Challoner.

13 minutes

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  • Mon 30 May 2016 05:45

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