Western Front DATES Flashcards

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Ypres #1

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Oct-Nov 1914
Brits control of English Channel
Germans gain ground

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2
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Hill 60

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April 1915
Brits explode 5 mines underneath

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Ypres #2

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April-May 1915
Germans slight gain
Chlorine gas

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4
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Somme

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Jul-Nov 1916
Creeping barrage
Tanks (kinda fail)
Heavy casualties both

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5
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Arras

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April-May 1917
1916: Brits tunnels+quarries
Thompson’s Cave abandoned

Battle:little progress
Heavy casualties both

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6
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Ypres #3 / Passchendaele

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Jul-Nov 1917
Creeping barrage
Waterlogged
Many drowned in mud

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7
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Cambrai

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Nov-Dec 1917
Large scale use tanks
Brits forced back

Oswald Hope Robertson- blood depot

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