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	BBC - History - Battle of Passchendaele: 31 July - 6 November 1917
		Battle of Passchendaele: 31 July - 6 November 1917
		Officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres, Passchendaele became infamous not only for the scale of casualties, but also for the mud.
		The Battle of Menin Road Ridge, along with the Battle of Polygon Wood on 26 September and the Battle of Broodseinde on 4 October, established British possession of the ridge east of Ypres.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/worldwars/wwone/battle_passchendaele.shtml (526 words)

	World War One Battlefields : Flanders: Passchendaele
		The mud and misery of the Passchendaele battlefield.
		The Third battle of Ypres was preceded by the attack on Messines ridge in June 1917.
		The battle honours include First Ypres, the battle of Neuve Chapelle in 1915, a number of battles on the Somme in 1916 and of course Broodseinde in 1917.
	www.ww1battlefields.co.uk /flanders/passchendaele.html (3121 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - General Sir John Davison on the Third Battle of Ypres, 1917
		The Third Battle of Ypres - commonly referred to simply as a 'Passchendaele' - is commonly cited today as an example (along with the July 1916 Battle of the Somme) of British Commander-in-Chief Sir Douglas Haig's enormously costly attritional war strategy.
		The word "Passchendaele" was and has been used as a reproach to British generalship, and as a symbol of waste and useless suffering.
		To the men who actually fought, such an attitude might be intelligible, for their horizon was limited by the expanse of mud and waste on every hand, by the incessant fire to which they were subjected, by the comparatively insignificant gains of ground at great sacrifice, and by the abnormal fatigue and hardship.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/ypres3davidson.htm (870 words)

	Battle of Passchendaele - WW1 Military - German Archive: The 1917 Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third ...
		Battle of Passchendaele - WW1 Military - German Archive: The 1917 Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was one of the major battles of World War I, fought by British, ANZAC, and Canadian soldiers against the German army.
		The 1917 Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was one of the major battles of World War I, fought by British, ANZAC, and Canadian soldiers against the German army.
		These battles, and those British and Commonwealth soldiers who gave their lives, are commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, and at the Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the world with nearly 12,000 graves.
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	Battle of Passchendaele
		The Battle of Passchendaele, otherwise known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was one of the major battles of World War I, fought by British, ANZAC and Canadian soldiers against the German army near Ypres (Ieper in Flemish) in West Flanders, northwestern Belgium over the control of the village of Passchendaele.
		These battles, and those British and Commonwealth soldiers who gave their lives, are commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, and at the Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the world with nearly 12,000 graves.
		Passchendaele is frequently mentioned as an example of the horrific number of soldiers killed, maimed or lost in action that occurred in numerous battles of World War I, and the name itself has come to be used as a synonym for pointless slaughter.
	www.worldwar1-history.com /Battle-of-Passchendaele-.aspx (1623 words)

	Passchendaele
		The Battle of Passchendaele, otherwise known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was one of the major battles of World War I, fought by British, ANZAC and Canadian soldiers against the German army near Ypres (Ieper in Flemish) in West Flanders, northwestern Belgium over the control of the village of Passchendaele.
		These battles, and those British and Commonwealth soldiers who gave their lives, are commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, and at the Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the world with nearly 12,000 graves.
		Passchendaele is frequently mentioned as an example of the horrific number of soldiers killed, maimed or lost in action that occurred in numerous battles of World War I, and the name itself has come to be used as a synonym for pointless slaughter.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/p/pa/passchendaele.html (1660 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		The 1917 Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres or simply Third Ypres, was one of the major battles of World War I, fought by British, ANZAC, Canadian and South African soldiers against the German Army.
		Because of the Third Battle of Ypres there were insufficient reserves available to exploit the Allied success at the Battle of Cambrai, the first breakthrough by massed tanks, that restored somewhat the shaken confidence of the British government in the final victory.
		These battles, and those British Empire soldiers who gave their lives, are commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, and at the Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the world with nearly 12,000 graves.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Passchendaele (2260 words)

	Definition of Passchendaele
		The Battle of Passchendaele, otherwise known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was one of the major battles of World War I, fought by British, ANZAC, and Canadian soldiers against the German army near Ypres (Ieper in Flemish) in West Flanders, northwestern Belgium over the control of the village of Passchendaele.
		These battles, and those British and Commonwealth soldiers who gave their lives, are commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, and at the Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the world with nearly 12,000 graves.
		Passchendaele is frequently mentioned as an example of the horrific number of soldiers killed, maimed or lost in action that occurred in numerous battles of World War I, and the name itself has come to be used as a synonym for pointless slaughter.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Passchendaele (1743 words)

	Passchendaele Information
		The battle was fought for control of the village of Passendale, (Belgium-French Passchendaele on maps of that time), near the Belgian town of Ypres in West Flanders.
		After their successes at Vimy Ridge and the Battle of Hill 70, the Canadians were considered to be an élite force and were sent into action in some of the worst conditions of the war.
		Indie band GoodBooks wrote "Passchendaele", a song which tells of a man "born at the end of the 19th Century" who goes off to fight, and die, at Passchendaele, "fighting for the cause, in the war to end all wars".
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Passchendaele (2560 words)

	Passchendaele - Glasgledius (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Passchendaele, otherwise known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was one of the major battles of World War I, fought by British and Commonwealth soldiers against the German army near Ypres (Ieper[?] in Flemish) in West Flanders, north-western Belgium.
		After their successes at Vimy Ridge and Battle of Hill 70[?], the Canadian Corp was considered to be the allies' elite force, and sent into the most horrific of conditions.
		A subsequent German offensive in the north on April 9-29 (the Battle of the Lys, or the Fourth Battle of Ypres) regained almost all of the ground taken by the allies in the Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele.
	www.glasglow.com /E2/pa/Passchendaele.html (1307 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Battle of Passchendaele (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This battle is frequently mentioned as an example of the horrific number of soldiers killed, maimed or lost in action that that occurred in numerous battles of World War I, and the name itself has come to be used as a synonym for pointless slaughter.
		All the territory gained by the Allies in this battle (an advance of up to six miles) was lost in the Fourth Battle of Ypres[?] in April 1918.
		The Battle of Passchendaele, fought October 10-29, 1918, was an engagement of the French-British-Belgian army under French General Degoutte against the German army under General Rupprecht.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ba/Battle_of_Passchendaele (218 words)

	Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Passchendaele" (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 1917 Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres or simply Third Ypres, was one of the major battles of World War I, fought by British, ANZAC, Canadian soldiers and against the German Army.
		The battle was fought for control of the village of Passendale, (Passchendaele on maps of that time), near the Belgian town of Ypres in West Flanders.
		Passchendaele, a film by Paul Gross depicting the experiences of his grandfather, who fought with the 10th Battalion, CEF in the battle.
	www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=third_%42attle_of_%59pres (2483 words)

	About Passchendaele (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Passchendaele, also known as the third battle of Ypres, took place in 1917, between July to November.
		This is because there was battle going on in and around the town for four straight years between the British and Germans being the main "fighters".
		Even though the Battle was taking place between Britan and Germany, other countries were involved, and in the end, the Canadian troops ended up capturing the Passchendaele area.
	www.angelfire.com /pa5/pd0/about.html (265 words)

	The National Archives \| Exhibitions & Learning online \| First World War \| Battles
		As both private and operational sources illustrate, the first day of the battle, 1 July 1916, was a bloody failure: 20,000 of the 120,000 men who attacked were killed.
		The unprecedented carnage of the Battle of the Somme marked a turning point in public perceptions of the war in Britain.
		Passchendaele (July-November 1917), it was hard to avoid the impression that 'Haig does not care how many men he loses.
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /pathways/firstworldwar/battles/somme.htm (658 words)

	Pilgrimage to Passchendaele, a killing field haunted by family memories - Telegraph
		As the poet Siegfried Sassoon put it: "I died in Hell (they called it Passchendaele)." When my grandfather talked about the battle it was often as a reproach, a judgement on we whose engagement with the world had been shallow by comparison.
		Passchendaele was a small village in Flanders, near the medieval town of Ypres.
		Standing where the British front line was on the eve of the battle, with the spires of Ypres visible through the mist behind him, he unscrolls one of these panoramas.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/29/nfarndale129.xml (849 words)

	Canada & Passchendaele 1917 : the battle
		Passchendaele was the key to the whole operation; if the British could break out of Ypres, take the ridge, and liberate the town, they could then turn north and drive the Germans from the Belgian coast.
		From 15 to 17 November, the In Flanders Fields Museum and the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 are organising a conference on the Battle of Passchendaele.
		Although the Battle of Passchendaele was over on this day, British Field Marshal Haig had not quite succeeded in positioning his troops for the winter over all of Passchendaele Ridge.
	www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca /canada-europa/brussels/passchendaele/battle-en.asp (2091 words)

	The Flanders Offensive, 7 June - 10 November 1917 (Third Ypres, Passchendaele)
		Their defence involved a considerable strain on the troops occupying them, and they were certain to be costly to maintain against a serious attack, in which the enemy would enjoy all the advantages in observation and in the placing of his artillery.
		Later (his memoirs being written after Haig was dead and unable to defend himself) he said that the battle "with the Somme and Verdun, will always rank as the most gigantic, tenacious, grim, futile and bloody fights ever waged in the history of war".
		Passchendaele was this attitude turned blood red and the PM shares with Haig and Robertson the blame for the cost of the battle.
	www.1914-1918.net /bat20.htm (1395 words)

	The forgotten battle of Passchendaele - Military Photos
		Passchendaele, nevertheless, deserves a more prominent place in our collective consciousness, many argue, not simply because of the wrenching fact that 16,000 Canadians were cut down, but for the thousands who fought in spite of the toll.
		These battles, and those British Empire soldiers who gave their lives, are commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, the Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing, the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the world with nearly 12,000 graves.
		Passchendaele however was another example of the Canadians doing what others couldn't and it was a victory and it is still on the Regimental Colours of all three of Canada's Regular Force Infantry Units as a Victory, be it one of Canada's most costly.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?p=2868758 (3112 words)

	Passchendaele, Battle of
		Passchendaele, Battle Of In World War I, successful but costly British operation to capture the Passchendaele ridge in western Flanders, part of the third Battle of Ypres October–November 1917;; British casualties numbered nearly 310,000.
		The name is often erroneously applied to the whole of the battle of Ypres, but Passchendaele was in fact just part of that battle.
		Hence, its capture was an important target of the British strategy during the third battle of Ypres, despite the strong resistance offered by the German defenders.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0012207.html (245 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Third Battle of Ypres, 1917
		Whereas the first and second battles of Ypres were launched by the Germans in 1914 and 1915 respectively, Third Ypres was intended as Sir Douglas Haig’s Allied forces breakthrough in Flanders in 1917.
		The Third Battle of Ypres was opened by Sir Hubert Gough’s Fifth Army, with 1 Corps of Sir Herbert Plumer’s Second Army joining on its right and a corps of the French First Amy led by Anthoine to its left: a total of twelve divisions.
		This was followed by the Battle of Polygon Wood on 26 September and the Battle of Broodseinde on 4 October.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/ypres3.htm (1470 words)

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