Battle of passchendaele
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- Created on: 19-03-19 18:36
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- The battle of Passchendaele ( Third battle of YPres)
- When
- Fought between 31 July and 6 november 1917
- The battle of mud
- Heaviest mud seen in 30 years
- Turned battle field into swamp
- Tanks got stuck in mud
- Infantry movement became hard due to mud
- Shell crater filled with water so people could not hide in them
- Men drown in mud
- Turned battle field into swamp
- Heaviest mud seen in 30 years
- Outline of evnts
- July 18 1917, a heavy artillery barrage was launched at German line. Lasted for 10 days
- 3,000 gun fired over 4 million shells
- German army in the area fully expect the attack due to artillery
- Infantry attack started on July 31st. limited success
- Area sturated with heaviest rain the region has seen in the last 30 years
- Russia withdrawl from the war due to Russian revolution
- Troops fighting on the eastern front moved to passchendaele
- After 2 week tryng to reorganise the british forces attacked.2 unsettled battles were fought
- between October 9th and october 12 2 battles were fought. Poelcappelle and frist battle of passchendaele
- In late october 3 more allied attack were made but no breakthroug was made
- November 6 1917 village of Passchendaele was taken. Battle eneded
- In late october 3 more allied attack were made but no breakthroug was made
- between October 9th and october 12 2 battles were fought. Poelcappelle and frist battle of passchendaele
- Russia withdrawl from the war due to Russian revolution
- Area sturated with heaviest rain the region has seen in the last 30 years
- 3,000 gun fired over 4 million shells
- July 18 1917, a heavy artillery barrage was launched at German line. Lasted for 10 days
- Why
- Haig had long wanted a British offensive in Flanders
- the German blockade would soon cripple the British war effort
- Wanted to reach the Belgian coast to destroy the German submarine bases there
- Haig believed that morale of the German army was very low, so a big attack would brek the line and win the war
- The information was incorrect
- Ending the battle
- This battle failed to break the stalemate
- Innovation as tanks were used in bulks.
- Not very effective tanks got stuck in mud
- Few could justify the loss of life
- 310,000 british soldiers death and 260,000 German soldiers death
- Haig critise for not changing his tatics
- Haig seemed to not understand impact of weather
- They had advance only 5km
- When
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