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The Battle of Ypres was between the German and the Allied armies (Belgian, French, British Expeditionary Force and Canadian Expeditionary Force).
The Battle of Ypres started at the end of the Race to the Sea, when Germany attempted to outmaneuver the Allies by pushing towards the coast.
The battle took place on the Ypres salient on the Western Front, in Belgium, outside the city of Ypres (now known by its Flemish name, Ieper)
This battle took place April 22 to May 25 1915
During the year war, the commanders and soldiers at Ypres faced alot of challenges such as: coordination of artillery fire and infantry, the difficulties of overcoming terrain and barbed wire, and the horrors of chemical warfare - the German tactic that caused such devastation during the Second Battle of Ypres.
The Allies launched a series of offensives on the Western Front , primarily to relieve French pressure, but also to begin wearing down the German force as part of a broad alliance plan
The British Empire (United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India,
Newfoundland) and the French who were fighting the Germans
After 18 months of trench warfare, the Allies hoped to obtain a decisive victory over the Germans on the Western Front.
It took place near thew Somme River, and Somme, near northern France.
The battle happened July 1, 1916 – November 18, 1916
British Empire, France, Belgium fought Germany
General Haig also thought that the German army was on the verge of collapsing and that a big offensive, "just one more thrust," could hasten the war's conclusion. As a result, the Passchendaele attack was launched.
The Ypres area of Belgium where the village of Passchendaele is located
Jul 31, 1917 – Nov 10, 1917
Canadians were sent to Belgium to assist the battered ANZAC troops in their final drive to secure Passchendaele.