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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 ( / ˈpæʃəndeɪl / ), was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire. [a] The battle took place on the Western Front, from July to ...
- 31 July – 10 November 1917, (3 months, 1 week and 3 days)
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The First Battle of Passchendaele took place on 12 October 1917 during the First World War, in the Ypres Salient in Belgium on the Western Front. The attack was part of the Third Battle of Ypres and was fought west of Passchendaele village. The British had planned to capture the ridges south and east of the city of Ypres as part of a strategy ...
- 12 October 1917
- German victory
On 31 July 1917, the British and French launched a massive offensive in the area around Ypres in the Belgian province of Flanders. The Third Battle of Ypres, known in later years as Passchendaele, was not as bloody as the Somme the year before, but would achieve its own notoriety. 15 min read. First World War Europe 1900s Great Battles Conflict ...
Jun 26, 2017 · It was the morass the battlefield had become that halted the ANZACS in the First Battle of Passchendale on 12 October, and the Canadian Corps took their place in the line. The Second Battle of Passchendaele gave a first hold on the firmer ground of the ridge above Tyne Cot on 26 and 27 October. On 10 November the high ground was finally gained.
The Battle of Passchendaele, sometimes known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was fought in July 1917 and was referred by many of the soldiers as the ‘Battle of Mud’. Sir Douglas Haig ordered the Battle of Passchendaele as part of his plan to break through Flanders. His main aim was to reach the coast of Belgium and destroy the German ...
Oct 11, 2017 · First Battle of Passchendaele 1917 - facts. The First Battle of Passchendaele was the penultimate phase of the Third Battle of Ypres – a major Allied offensive which later became known simply as Passchendaele. After an attempted advance on 9 October had failed, British Empire forces launched a new attack three days later in appalling weather.
