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 arou
Canadian troops carry a wounded man to the aid post.
The mud slowed all troop movement
Canadian pioneers laying trench mats over mud to ease movement
The German defensive strategy utilized mutually-supporting steel-reinforced cement fortifications
Battle of Passchendaele
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The Third Battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire. The battle took place on the Western Front,
Second Battle of Passchendaele
…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…
Australian gunners on a duckboard track in Château Wood, near Hooge, 29 October 1917. Photo by Frank Hurley.
The Eastern Front in 1917
The progression of the battle and the general disposition of troops
The British front line and the German defences in the area east of Ypres, mid-1917