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Battle of Ypres By: Helen __ Battle of Ypres __

· 1914-British Troops entered Ypres. · The troops were unaware of the German forces that were also heading toward the town. · German troops had had only six weeks of training. · The weather began getting colder at the begining of November and Ypres was being highly attacked. · The winter came and there was no sight of the Germans. · The rain turned the roads to mud and that meant it was impossible to attack. · After the weather slowed down, the Germens were planning a new attack. · Deadly Chlorine gas was used to defend themselves against the French troops; this made the French soldiers flee. · The Germans were attacked by the Canadian troops despite of the toxic gas. They used soaked handkerchiefs as gas masks. This plan was successful for the Canadians. · In April, Hill 60 was controlled by the British but Germans took control with another gas attack. · Mesen is a town that lies south of Ypres and the hills around it are controlled by the Germans. · The Allie High Command decided to attack on Mesen ridge. They dug a tunnel under the ridge and attacked with explosives. · The noise of the explosion startled the Germans and that made them easy to capture. · Passchendaele (third battle of Ypres) that area was drenched with rain and the troops were in terrible conditions (freezing cold). Area was taken over by the Allies. · The first battle of Ypres was from October 1914 to November 1914. · 1,500 Germans were killed in the first battle and the amounts of causalities were very high. · The second battle began on Apr. 22, 1915 and ended in May. · The total deaths estimated to be about 69,000 for the second battle. · The third battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) began on July 31, 1917 and continued to that November. · The amount of causalities estimated to about 260,000 for the third battle. · Overall, 1,700,000 soldiers were killed or wounded. That number does not count the number of civilians.

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