Places
Passchendaele
A village (now Passendale) on the last ridge east of Ypres, which gave its name to the Third Battle of Ypres, fought from July to November 1917 by the Allies against the German Empire for control of the ridges south and east of Ypres in West Flanders.
Mentioned in
- Chapter VI The Year of Revolutions Overview§4 Arras, Vimy and the Chemin des Dames§5 Messines and Passchendaele§8 Cambrai: The Tanks Break Through, and Back
- Chapter VII The Last Gamble Overview§3 Operation Michael: The Kaiser's Battle§4 Georgette, the Marne, and Why It Failed
- Chapter IX In the Trenches §4 The Other Enemies: Rats, Lice, Mud and Cold§6 Wounds and the Chain of Evacuation
- Chapter X The Machinery of War §2 Artillery: The True Killer§4 Tanks: From Landships to Whippets§6 The Learning Curve: From Lines to Combined Arms