About

This is the project of Johan R. Ryheul from Jabbeke, Flanders, Belgium who is specialised in the history of the German army, air service and navy in Belgium during the Great War.

For over 30 years now I’ve been doing research on the matter.

I’ve written several books on these WW I subjects in both Flemish and English.

I’m also working on several WW I documentaries.  In 2014 the Bellewaarde 1915 documentary was made for a charity and currently one on Oswald Boelcke is being finished with German and American co-producers.  A four part documentary on the Marinekorps Flandern is also coming in 2018.  Gains are always for charities concerning WW I.

I’ve also been participating in documentaries for the BBC and History.
I’ve also been involved in the training of foreign battlefield guides who want to discover the German story in Belgium from the Great War.

I’ve travelled along the Western Front mainly in the area from Nieuwpoort to the Saint-Michiel area in France and am a regular visitor of the archives in Belgium, Germany and occasionally in France and the UK.

I’m a volunteer for the German War Graves Commission and have contributed to a number of their projects such as the Apps that are made by them for visits of for example Vladslo German Military Cemetery a.o.

I also work together with the Reservists of the German Bundeswehr while they are here for maintenance of the German WW I cemeteries in West-Flanders.

Special thanks to Hauke Homeier, Ilka Borowski from the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V. and to Dirck Schoeters, Klaas Dierks, Aris de Bruijn, Thorsten Pietsch, Adrian Wright, Jan Vancoillie, Florian Wein, Lars, Pawel Malkowski, Frank Deneve, Corinne Iten, Antony Van Waeleghem, Daphné Vangheluwe, Danielle Aerts and Patrick Brion for their appreciated help