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Encyclopedia > Battle of Ypres

There were four Battles of Ypres during World War I: Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nikolay II Aleksey Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert H. Asquith D. Lloyd George Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna...

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Battle of Ypres - Search View - MSN Encarta (409 words)
Throughout the war Ypres was under constant attack as the key point of an Allied salient (outwardly projecting battle line) that blocked a German approach to the English Channel.
The first battle at Ypres took place when outnumbered British, French, and Belgian troops resisted a German offensive aimed at the French ports of Calais and Dunkerque on the English Channel.
Known also as the Passendale campaign, the third battle of Ypres was precipitated by a massive British offensive directed against enemy installations.
First World War.com - Battles - The Third Battle of Ypres, 1917 (1470 words)
Whereas the first and second battles of Ypres were launched by the Germans in 1914 and 1915 respectively, Third Ypres was intended as Sir Douglas Haig’s Allied forces breakthrough in Flanders in 1917.
The Third Battle of Ypres was opened by Sir Hubert Gough’s Fifth Army, with 1 Corps of Sir Herbert Plumer’s Second Army joining on its right and a corps of the French First Amy led by Anthoine to its left: a total of twelve divisions.
This was followed by the Battle of Polygon Wood on 26 September and the Battle of Broodseinde on 4 October.
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