Western Front DATES Flashcards
1
Q
Ypres #1
A
Oct-Nov 1914
Brits control of English Channel
Germans gain ground
2
Q
Hill 60
A
April 1915
Brits explode 5 mines underneath
3
Q
Ypres #2
A
April-May 1915
Germans slight gain
Chlorine gas
4
Q
Somme
A
Jul-Nov 1916
Creeping barrage
Tanks (kinda fail)
Heavy casualties both
5
Q
Arras
A
April-May 1917
1916: Brits tunnels+quarries
Thompson’s Cave abandoned
Battle:little progress
Heavy casualties both
6
Q
Ypres #3 / Passchendaele
A
Jul-Nov 1917
Creeping barrage
Waterlogged
Many drowned in mud
7
Q
Cambrai
A
Nov-Dec 1917
Large scale use tanks
Brits forced back
Oswald Hope Robertson- blood depot