The author recreates, by means of contemporary photographs juxtaposed
with others taken by him over a number of years plus eyewitness accounts
and narrative, the atmosphere, past and present, of that once famous
salient. He aims to present a moving tribute to the men who fought with
great courage and tenacity in the horrendous conditions that prevailed
in Flanders during what was known as the Great War. To them Wipers was
more than just a foreign city, it was a way of life and, for so very
many, a way to death.