Battle of Ypres
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There were five Battles of Ypres during World War I
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World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
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- First Battle of YpresFirst Battle of YpresThe First Battle of Ypres, also called the First Battle of Flanders , was a First World War battle fought for the strategic town of Ypres in western Belgium...
(October 19 – November 22, 1914) - Second Battle of YpresSecond Battle of YpresThe Second Battle of Ypres was the first time Germany used poison gas on a large scale on the Western Front in the First World War and the first time a former colonial force pushed back a major European power on European soil, which occurred in the battle of St...
(April 22 – May 15, 1915) - Battle of Passchendaele (July 31 – November 6, 1917) also known as the Third Battle of Ypres
- Battle of the Lys (1918) (9 - 29 April 1918), also known as the Battle of Estaires or the Fourth Battle U.S
- Fifth Battle of YpresFifth Battle of YpresThe Fifth Battle of Ypres is the unofficial name used to identify a series of battles in northern France and southern Belgium from late September through October 1918....
(September 28 – October 2, 1918) was the informal name given to the Battle of Ypres 1918.