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Meaning of ypres
ypres (n)
battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery
battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient
battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others
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- The Battle of Ypres, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was one of the most brutal battles of World War I.
- The city of Ypres was heavily damaged during the fighting, and its iconic Cloth Hall was destroyed.
- The Menin Gate in Ypres is a memorial to the missing soldiers of the Commonwealth who died in the Ypres Salient.
- The Ypres Salient was a bulge in the front lines that resulted from the First Battle of Ypres.
- The Battle of Passchendaele, fought in 1917, was part of the Third Battle of Ypres.
- The Ypres Salient was finally captured by the Allies in 1918, after many months of heavy fighting.
- The In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres tells the story of the battles that took place in the area.
- The Last Post is played every evening at the Menin Gate in Ypres in remembrance of the fallen soldiers.
- The Ypres League was founded in 1920 to promote peace and reconciliation between the countries that fought in the Ypres Salient.
- The Ypres Tower is a monument that commemorates the Battle of Passchendaele.
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battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced must
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The Battle of Ypres, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was one of the most brutal battles of World War I.
The city of Ypres was heavily damaged during the fighting, and its iconic Cloth Hall was destroyed.
The Menin Gate in Ypres is a memorial to the missing soldiers of the Commonwealth who died in the Ypres Salient.
The Ypres Salient was a bulge in the front lines that resulted from the First Battle of Ypres.
