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May 2, 2024 · Battle of Passchendaele (July 31–November 6, 1917), World War I battle that embodied the senseless slaughter of the Western Front. Passchendaele was the third and longest battle to take place at Ypres, Belgium. The Allied victory was achieved at enormous cost for a piece of ground that would be vacated the next year.
The Third Battle of Ypres (German: Dritte Flandernschlacht; French: Troisième Bataille des Flandres; Dutch: Derde Slag om Ieper), also known as the Battle of Passchendaele (/ ˈ p æ ʃ ən d eɪ l /), was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire.
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The battle ended with a final German counter-attack on 25 September, again repulsed without serious problems. The allied forces made two further successful attacks in September and October at Polygon Wood and Broodseinde and drove the Germans back to the top of Passchendaele ridge. View this object.
The Third Battle of Ypres - often called Passchendaele - has come to symbolise the loss and futility of the First World War. Fought in 1917, the battle was another attempt to win a decisive breakthrough on the Western Front.
May 31, 2006 · The Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was fought during the First World War from 31 July to 10 November 1917. The battle took place on the Ypres salient on the Western Front, in Belgium, where German and Allied armies had been deadlocked for three years.
- 31 July 1917 to 10 November 1917
Jul 31, 2011 · Explore one of the most infamous battles of WW1 - the Battle of Passchendaele. Famous for the scale of casualties, and also for the mud.
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After weathering fierce enemy counterattacks, the last phase of the battle saw the Canadians attack on November 10 and clear the Germans from the eastern edge of Passchendaele Ridge before the campaign finally ground to a halt. Canadian soldiers had succeeded in the face of almost unbelievable challenges.
