Battle of Ypres

Battle of Ypres


There were four Battles of Ypres during World War I:

*First Battle of Ypres (October 19 – November 22, 1914)
*Second Battle of Ypres (April 22 – May 15, 1915)
*Third Battle of Ypres (July 31 – November 6, 1917) (also known as "Passchendaele")
*Fourth Battle of Ypres (September 28 – October 2, 1918) (also known as the "Battle of Ypres 1918")


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  • Fourth Battle of Ypres — Warbox conflict=Allied Hundred Days Offensive, 1918 partof=the Western Front of World War I campaign= caption= date=September 28, 1918 ndash; November 11, 1918 place=Ypres, Belgium to Ghent, Belgium result=Decisive Allied victory… …   Wikipedia

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  • first battle of Ypres — noun battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others • Syn: ↑Ypres, ↑battle of Ypres • Regions: ↑Belgium, ↑Kingdom of Belgium, ↑Belgique • …   Useful english dictionary

  • second battle of Ypres — noun battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient • Syn: ↑Ypres, ↑battle of Ypres • Regions: ↑Belgium, ↑Kingdom of Belgium,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • third battle of Ypres — noun battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery • Syn: ↑Ypres, ↑battle of… …   Useful english dictionary

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