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Passchendaele

Regeneration

September 16, 2024July 27, 2007 by JosieHolford

This July marks the ninetieth anniversary of the start of third Ypres – better known as the battle of Passchendaele . It was an offensive designed to break out of the stalemate of the salient – the bump in the line that bulged around the Flemish town of Ieper, known in French as Ypres and … Read more

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