Passchendale
7/11/17
- Passchendaele ridge was taken over by the Germans and in no time, were they willing to give it up
- in 1917, the British attempted to drive the Germans out of Passchendaele, east of Ypres, Belgium
- the battle is also known as The Third Battle of Ypres
- Sir Douglas Haig was determined to be deemed victorious so he sent the Canadian Corps to the battlefront to take back Passchendaele
- Sir Arthur Currie was doubting the plan, afraid that too many lives would be at risk
- He finally gave in and strategically planned the attack
- the plan for the attack was to be set in motion on the 26th of October
- as the Canadian Corps arrived Commander Currie demanded new roads, buildings to be built
- he also ordered the improvement of gun pits and while that was taking place, the Germans opened fire on the unprepared Canadian troops
- heavy rainfall and shellfire poured onto the troops which put the battle to a halt
- the rain created a muddy battlefield and some soldiers and horses drowned in the mud
- Currie estimated that about 16000 Canadian soldiers would be killed or hurt
- the Canadians succeeded in the battle and captured Passchendaele
- although Currie's estimation was accurate, resulting the casualities of approximately 15 654 Canadians
- the battle of Passchendaele is remembered as a symbol of the horrors of WW1
- Passchendaele ridge was taken over by the Germans and in no time, were they willing to give it up
- in 1917, the British attempted to drive the Germans out of Passchendaele, east of Ypres, Belgium
- the battle is also known as The Third Battle of Ypres
- Sir Douglas Haig was determined to be deemed victorious so he sent the Canadian Corps to the battlefront to take back Passchendaele
- Sir Arthur Currie was doubting the plan, afraid that too many lives would be at risk
- He finally gave in and strategically planned the attack
- the plan for the attack was to be set in motion on the 26th of October
- as the Canadian Corps arrived Commander Currie demanded new roads, buildings to be built
- he also ordered the improvement of gun pits and while that was taking place, the Germans opened fire on the unprepared Canadian troops
- heavy rainfall and shellfire poured onto the troops which put the battle to a halt
- the rain created a muddy battlefield and some soldiers and horses drowned in the mud
- Currie estimated that about 16000 Canadian soldiers would be killed or hurt
- the Canadians succeeded in the battle and captured Passchendaele
- although Currie's estimation was accurate, resulting the casualities of approximately 15 654 Canadians
- the battle of Passchendaele is remembered as a symbol of the horrors of WW1