Visitors can reach Flanders Fields by car, train or organized coach tours.
Is Flanders Field a real place?
Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War I cemetery in the city of Waregem, Belgium. Originally a temporary battlefield burial ground, Flanders Field American Cemetery later became the only permanent American World War I cemetery in Belgium.
How many died at Flanders Field?
Only taking into account the period between 31 July and 12 November (the duration of the Third Battle of Ieper according to British military historians) Flanders Fields arrives at a figure of over 600,000 fatalities.