The Battle of Ypres was a series of engagements during the First World War, near the Belgian city of Ypres, between the German and the Allied armies (Belgian, French, British Expeditionary Force and Canadian Expeditionary Force). During the five engagements, casualties may have surpassed one million.
First Battle of Ypres (19 October – 22 November 1914). During the Race to the Sea. more than 220,000 casualties.
Second Battle of Ypres (22 April – 15 May 1915). First mass use of poison gas by the German army. Around 100,000 casualties.
Battle of Passchendaele (31 July – 10 November 1917) also known as the Third Battle of Ypres. Between 400,000 and 900,000 casualties.
Battle of the Lys (7 – 29 April 1918) also known as the Fourth Battle of Ypres. Around 200,000 casualties.
Fifth Battle of Ypres (29 September – 2 October 1918) an informal name given to a series of battles in northern France and southern Belgium, also known as Advance of Flanders and Battle of the Peak of Flanders. Around 10,000 Allied casualties; German casualties unknown.
The BattleofYpres was a series of engagements during the First World War, near the Belgian city ofYpres, between the German and the Allied armies (Belgian...
BattleofYpres (German: Dritte Flandernschlacht; French: Troisième Bataille des Flandres; Dutch: Derde Slag om Ieper), also known as the Battleof Passchendaele...
the Second BattleofYpres was fought from 22 April – 25 May 1915 for control of the tactically important high ground to the east and south of the Flemish...
First BattleofYpres (French: Première Bataille des Flandres, German: Erste Flandernschlacht, 19 October – 22 November 1914) was a battleof the First...
The Ypres Salient, around Ypres, in Belgium, was the scene of several battles and a major part of the Western Front during World War I. Ypres lies at...
15 August 1914, with an initial strength of one infantry division. The division subsequently fought at Ypres on the Western Front, with a newly raised...
survived the large British and French offensives of the Nivelle Offensive and the Third BattleofYpres, though at great cost. The British and French had...
the mutually costly and indecisive Battleof the Yser from 16 October to 2 November and the First BattleofYpres from 19 October to 22 November. After...
Battleof the Marne had ended and the Belgians, British and French had suffered many casualties in the First BattleofYpres in Flanders. The war of manoeuvre...
BattleofYpres and the Battleof Estaires Third Battleof the Aisne Battleof Cantigny Battleof Belleau Wood Second Battleof the Marne Battleof Soissons...
night of 30/31 October. On 10 November, Diksmuide fell and the fighting continued further south until 22 November, in the First BattleofYpres. The Belgian...
Belgium, is a museum devoted to the Battleof Passchendaele in 1917 (also known as the Third BattleofYpres). In this battle in only 100 days, almost 500,000...
The Battleof Tannenberg, also known as the Second Battleof Tannenberg, was fought between Russia and Germany between 23 and 30 August 1914, the first...
The Battlesof the Isonzo (known as the Isonzo Front by historians, Slovene: soška fronta) were a series of twelve battles between the Austro-Hungarian...
Second BattleofYpres, it and the remembrance poppy it inspired have become symbols of Remembrance Day throughout the Commonwealth. Rilla of Ingleside...
World War I. He took part in the Battle ofYpres in October 1914, and was wounded on 24 October 1916, at the Battleof the Somme. On discharge from hospital...
bardic uncle. In August 2014, the Welsh Memorial Park, Ypres was unveiled at Pilckem Ridge near Ypres. The war memorial stands close to the spot where Hedd...
The Battleof Caporetto (also known as the Twelfth Battleof the Isonzo, the Battleof Kobarid or the Battleof Karfreit) took place on the Italian front...
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