The Third Battle of Ypres (German: Dritte Flandernschlacht; French: Troisième Bataille des Flandres; Dutch: Derde Slag om Ieper), also known as the Battle of Passchendaele (/ ˈpæʃəndeɪl / PASH-ən-dayl), was a campaign of the First World War, …

2025年1月11日 · Battle of Passchendaele, (July 31–November 6, 1917), World War I battle that served as a vivid symbol of the mud, madness, and senseless slaughter of the Western Front.

After a two-week artillery bombardment, the Third Battle of Ypres began on 31 July. On the first day, British and French forces made significant gains in some sectors. As the day wore on, it began to rain heavily. The rain made it difficult for the artillery to support the advance.

2011年7月31日 · Officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres, Passchendaele became infamous not only for the scale of casualties, but also for the mud. Ypres was the principal town within a salient (or...

On 31 July 1917, the British and French launched a massive offensive in the area around Ypres in the Belgian province of Flanders. The Third Battle of Ypres, known in later years as Passchendaele, was not as bloody as the Somme the year before, but …

2006年5月31日 · The Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was fought during the First World War from 31 July to 10 November 1917. The battle took place on the Ypres salient on the Western Front, in Belgium, where German and Allied armies had been deadlocked for three years.

Launched on 31 July 1917, the British offensive in Flanders had aimed to drive the Germans away from the essential Channel Ports and to eliminate U-Boat bases on the coast. But unceasing rain and shellfire reduced the battlefield to a vast bog of bodies, water-filled shell craters, and mud in which the attack ground to a halt.

The Flanders Offensive, also referred to as the Third Battle of Ypres or the Battle of Passchendaele, was a series of eight battles during the First World War between 31 July to 10 November 1917.