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Aug 30, 2024 · Battle of Passchendaele, (July 31–November 6, 1917), World War I battle that served as a vivid symbol of the mud, madness, and senseless slaughter of the Western Front.
Passchendaele lies on the last ridge east of Ypres, 5 mi (8 km) from Roulers (now Roeselare), a junction of the Bruges - (Brugge)-to- Kortrijk railway. The station at Roulers was on the main supply route of the German 4th Army.
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 · Officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres, Passchendaele became infamous not only for the scale of casualties, but also for the mud. Ypres was the principal town within a salient (or bulge)...
Map of the area around Ypres, Belgium, 1917. Strategically important, it was fought over ferociously during the First Battle of Ypres in 1914, and again the following year during the Second Battle of Ypres. Passchendaele would be the third - and largest - major battle in the area in three years.
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.
It was at this location where in 1917 almost 600,000 soldiers perished for a movement of the frontline of only a few kilometres. Passchendaele is also a symbol for many nations, who made their mark here and wanted to establish themselves as a nation after the war.
