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Date: Nov 6 07:53 2012

RE: Battle of Passendale	Permalink

The Battle of Passchendaele, (or Third Battle of Ypres or "Passchendaele") was a campaign of the Great War 1914 - 1918, fought by the British and their allies against the German empire. The battle took place on the Western Front, between June and November 1917, for control of the ridges south and east of the Belgian city of Ypres in West Flanders, as part of a strategy decided by the Allies at conferences in November 1916 and May 1917. Read more __________________

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Date: Oct 12 05:33 2012

The First Battle of Passchendaele	Permalink

The First Battle of Passchendaele took place on 12 October 1917 in the Ypres Salient area of the Western Front, west of Passchendaele village, during the Third Battle of Ypres in World War I. The Allied plan to capture Passchendaele village was based on inaccurate information about the result of the previous attack of 9 October. Read more __________________

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Date: Jun 7 00:07 2011

Spanbroekmolen crater	Permalink

Spanbroekmolen crater (Pool of Peace) __________________

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Date: Jun 6 23:05 2011

The Battle of Messines	Permalink

The Battle of Messines was a battle of the western front of the First World War. It began on 7 June 1917 when the British Second Army under the command of General Herbert Plumer launched an offensive near the village of Mesen (Messines) in West Flanders, Belgium. Co-ordinated by the Corps of Royal Engineers tunnelling companies, over a period beginning more than a year before the attack, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and British engineers tunnelled under the German trenches and laid 22 mines totalling 455 tonnes of ammonal explosive. The largest of the 22 Messines mines was at Spanbroekmolen; the "Lone Tree Crater" formed by the blast was approximately 80 m in diameter, and 12 m deep. The mine consisted of 41 tons of ammonal explosive, located in a chamber dug 27 m below ground. Read more __________________

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Date: Jul 12 17:58 2007

Battle of Passendale	Permalink

The summer ploughing season in Flanders Fields is a good time for Ivan Sinnaeve. Known as "Shrapnel Charlie," he keeps alive memories of one of history's bloodiest battles by melting down the World War I shells harvested by farmers and transforming them into toy soldiers which he calls "soldiers of peace." The 54-year-old Belgian history buff has a huge following among war pilgrims visiting Flanders Fields, the battleground of 1914-1918. Sinnaeve, a retired carpenter, is busier than usual this year, the 90th anniversary of the phase of fighting called the Battle of Passchendaele which saw some of the war's worst trench warfare and its first use of mustard gas. Read more Now spelt Passendale, this small village five miles north-east of Ypres is the name by which the final stages of the Third Battle of Ypres is known. It is the name, along with the Somme, which has come to symbolise the Great War for many. The Third battle of Ypres was preceded by the attack on Messines ridge in June 1917. The main battle commenced on the 31st of July 1917, and stretched on until November the 10th, 1917. Read more __________________

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