Battle of ypres

A timeline of events before, during and after the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), one of the bloodiest episodes of the First World War.

The Ministry of Defence wants to speak to the descendants of Henry Frederick Wolf, James Hodges, George Henry Smith and Louis Frank Walker.

These harrowing images chronicle the 103 days of the hell the brave men lived through as they fought and in the Battle of Passchendaele.

Canada's contribution to the First World War led to growing autonomy and international recognition, but at great cost.

E(AUS) 1122. Horses and men of 1st Anzac Corps on their way past the ruins of the Cathedral and Cloth Hall in Ypres.

Another old fave colourised. Original OOC as far as I'm aware. There is a fairly appalling film about Passhendaele, plot and subtexts letting down some good acting. Shame really. Having said that I'm not sure how you make a film which is basically about people slowly drowning under shellfire. I read somewhere that only the chap at the MG survived this particular debacle unharmed, all of the other men in this photo were injured, died or vanished.

William Clancy, a young Ipswich man, enlisted in the English Army, and was the first American to carry the Stars and Stripes into action during WWI.

24 April 1915 - 2nd Battle of Ypres. The Germans release a 2nd attack of chlorine gas, this time against the Cdn lines. ILLUSTRATION: There are no photos of the 2nd Battle of Ypres. The Canadians would not yet hire an official photographer for another year. And the British Army had confiscated all cameras in early 1915. We are left to the newspaper illustrations of the day. This one, called "Men Under Gas" from the Times History of the War Illustrated, 1915.

The Opening Battle of the First World War for the British Expeditionary Force, fought on 23rd August 1914: Massed German infantry encountered the regulars and reservists of the British Army and received an unpleasant shock.

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German infantry advance through Belgium in August 1914