Interpretations of an Iconic Battle. A new addition to Oxford’s “Great Battles” series, Ypres is not a detailed account of the several protracted battles for that famed Belgian city.Rather, it is an ...

The Desperate Second Battle of Ypres. Prof. Cassar (Eastern Michigan) gives us a rather analytical, well written, detailed account of British and Canadian troops during Second Ypres (Apr. 21-May 25, ...

Wikimedia Commons. October 20, 1914: Apocalypse at Ypres. One of the greatest battles in history, the desperate struggle at Ypres in October-November 1914 was the climactic fight of the “Race to ...

The first battle of Ypres was fought in the Flanders region during October and November 1914. The battle saw heavy casualties on both sides, with the British death toll more than 58,000.

In three years, the fighting around the Ypres Salient, culminating in the muddy, bloody Battle of Passchendaele in 1917, cost more than 400,000 lives.

There were more than 100,000 casualties in the First Battle of Ypres, from October 19 to November 22, 1914, with a similar number of casualties in the Second Battle of Ypres from April 22 - May 15 ...

Ninety years after the battle of Passchendaele, officially known as the third battle of Ypres, a group of enthusiasts is attempting to dig up some of the key trenches of World War I. Conditions at the ...

A ceremony’s been held to mark the 100th anniversary of the First Battle of Ypres during the World War One. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Belgian and Dutch royal families were among dozens ...