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Passchendaele 1917 — Third Ypres, Battles, Mud & Battlefield Guide
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Passchendaele 1917 — Third Ypres, the Ridge & the Mud
Passchendaele is shorthand for one of the hardest campaigns of the First World War, but the battle was bigger than the ruined village. This hub covers Third Ypres from the opening offensive on 31 July 1917 through Pilckem, Langemarck, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde and the Canadian attacks that culminated in the capture of Passchendaele village and ridge in November.
Start here: Passchendaele 1917 — Complete Field Guide →
Key questions
- Why did the British launch Third Ypres?
- How did drainage, shellfire and rain turn the battlefield into mud?
- Why were German pillboxes and reverse-slope defences so difficult to reduce?
- What changed when Plumer's Second Army used limited-objective attacks?
- What did Australian, New Zealand, British and Canadian formations actually do?
- Why do casualty totals vary between histories?
