First Battle of Passchendaele

Wann

12. Okt. 1917

Art

Schlacht

Koordinaten

50.90° N, 3.01° E

Description

battle in World War I (31 July 1917 – 6 November 1917)

War

World War I

1917 battle during World War I in Belgium

The First Battle of Passchendaele took place on 12 October 1917 during the First World War, in the Ypres Salient in Belgium on the Western Front. The attack was part of the Third Battle of Ypres and was fought west of Passchendaele village. The British had planned to capture the ridges south and east of the city of Ypres as part of a strategy decided by the Allies at conferences in November 1916 and May 1917.

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