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Second Battle of Ypres
1915 First World War battle / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Second Battle of Ypres was a battle of the First World War. It was fought for control of the town of Ypres in western Belgium.[1] It happened in the spring of 1915.[1] It was the first time that Germany successfully used chemical weapons on a large scale on the Western Front.[1] It was also the first time a former Colonial power defeated a major European power in European soil. The battle was the beginning of a new danger; gas, which will cost both sides thousands of casualties the rest of the war.
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Second Battle of Ypres | |||||||
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Part of the Western Front of the First World War | |||||||
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8 infantry divisions—2 French divisions and 6 British, Canadian, and Newfoundland divisions | 7 infantry divisions | ||||||
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70,000 dead, wounded, or missing | 35,000 dead, wounded, or missing |
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