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Second Battle of Passchendaele
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The Second Battle of Passchendaele was the culminating attack during the Third Battle of Ypres of the First World War. The battle took place in the Ypres Salient area of the Western Front, in and around the Belgian village of Passchendaele, between 26 October and 10 November 1917. The Canadian Corps relieved the exhausted II Anzac Corps, continuing the advance started with the First Battle of Passchendaele and ultimately capturing the village. Beyond gaining favourable observation positions, the battle was intended to gain drier winter positions on higher ground.
Canadian troops carry a wounded man to the aid post.
Canadian troops carry a wounded man to the aid post.
The mud slowed all troop movement
The mud slowed all troop movement
Canadian pioneers laying trench mats over mud to ease movement
Canadian pioneers laying trench mats over mud to ease movement
The German defensive strategy utilized mutually-supporting steel-reinforced cement fortifications
The German defensive strategy utilized mutually-supporting steel-reinforced cement fortifications
Western Front (World War I)
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The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The German advance was halted with the Battle of the Marne. Following the Race to the Sea, both sides dug in along a meandering line of fortified trenches, stretching from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier with France, the position of which changed little except during early 1917 and again in 1918.
Clockwise from top left: Men of the Royal Irish Rifles, concentrated in the trench, right before going over the top on the First day on the Somme; Bri
Clockwise from top left: Men of the Royal Irish Rifles, concentrated in the trench, right before going over the top on the First day on the Somme; British soldier carries a wounded comrade from the battlefield on the first day of the Somme; A young German soldier during the Battle of Ginchy; American infantry storming a German bunker; A German Gotha G.IV heavy bomber; American troops with Renault FT tanks moving in the Argonne Forest to the front line during the
French bayonet charge (1913 photograph)
French bayonet charge (1913 photograph)
German infantry on the battlefield, 7 August 1914
German infantry on the battlefield, 7 August 1914
German trench on the Western Front, 1915.
German trench on the Western Front, 1915.