Key Battles Flashcards
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The First Battle Of Ypres
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- british lost over 50,000 troops
- but crucially kept control of the Important English Channel routes
2
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when was the first battle of Ypres
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Oct-Nov 1914
3
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Hill 60 (April 1915)
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- man made hill near Ypres that was captured by germans in dec 1914
- gave them a height advantage
- April 1915 the British tunnelled under the hill, placed 5 mines under it, the blew off the top to recapture it
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The Second Battle Of Ypres
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- Germans used chlorine gas for the first time
- British soliders where unprepared so used urine soaked clothes as gas masks
- 59,000 British men lost
- Germans moved 2 miles closer to Ypres
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what date was the second battle of Ypres
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April-May 1915
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The Battle Of The Somme
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- around 20,000 British soliders died on the first day
- British tried 2 new tactics…
- the creeping barrage = where artillery was launched from trenches ahead of the British troops as they advanced forward
- Tanks = unsuccessful beaqcuse of ,ow speed and unreliability
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The battle of the Arras
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- Britain + New Zealand dug a network of underground caves at Arras
- In April 1917 24,000 men attacked from the tunnels
- British advanced forward 8 miles
- but nearly 160,000 British and Canadian casualties
8
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when was the battle of Arras
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April-may 1917
9
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The Battle Of Passchendeale (Third Battle Of Ypres)
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- bad weather meant ground was waterlogged an many med drowned In mud
- regained 7 miles of land at the cost of about 245,000 casualties
10
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what year was the third battle of Ypres
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-july-nov 1917
11
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The Battle Of Cambrai
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- saw first successful large scale use of tanks (nearly 500 used)
- they could move easily over barbed wire and their machine guns were very effective
12
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what year was the battle of Cambrai
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Nov-Dec 1917
