Headstones of fallen soldiers from World War I at the Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Ypres, Belgium. The Battle of Amiens hastened the end of the conflict, which saw more than 18 million people killed.

Ypres itself became a byword for the destruction caused by WWI, with pictures ... in ruins at the end of the war. There were more than 100,000 casualties in the First Battle of Ypres, from October ...

One of the greatest battles in ... northeast of Ypres, the Germans were also advancing against the Belgians and French positions behind the River Yser. On the far northern end of the front ...

A new addition to Oxford’s “Great Battles” series, Ypres is not a detailed account of the several ... The next two chapters cover the years from the end of WWI through the end of the Second World War.

Brave soldiers who faced the horrors of the deadly battle are to be commemorated THE Battle of Passchendaele was a brutal battle which took place on the Western Front during World War One and left ...

Top envoys of former World War I enemy nations converged on Ypres in western ... before and after the battle suggest that it was nearly completely obliterated. In the end the territorial gains ...

Officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres, Passchendaele became infamous ... simultaneously after they had been placed at the end of long tunnels under the German front lines.

The battle of Passchendaele ... War Events in Ypres, Belgium, will be held in July to mark the centenary of Passchendaele, one of the muddiest and bloodiest battles of World War One.