WWI US Army Marine British French Campaigns of the Battles of Ypres History Book for Sale

WWI US Army Marine British French Campaigns of the Battles of Ypres History Book For Sale

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WWI US Army Marine British French Campaigns of the Battles of Ypres History Book:
$28.00

The First World War touched the livesof many thousands of people at the time around the world, both on the fightingfronts and on the home front. Many people from France, Belgium, the UnitedStates, and the Great Britain wanted to journey to the battle fields to see,and experience, where their beloved soldiers had seen and sacrificed so much.

Michelin came up with the idea ofproviding tours of the battlefields along with complimentary souvenir historybooks on the battle and of the tour. Provides fascinating insight into thebattle, the towns, and the region before and after the battle.

A great read!

The Battle of Ypres was a series of engagements during theFirst World War, near the Belgian city of Ypres, between the German and theAllied armies (Belgian, French, British Expeditionary Force and Canadian ExpeditionaryForce). There were hundreds of thousands of casualties during the fiveengagements

First Battle of Ypres (19 October – 22 November 1914).During the Race to the Sea. More than 100,000 casualties.

Second Battle of Ypres (22 April – 15 May 1915). First massuse of poison gas by the German army; included first victories of a formercolonial nation (Canada) over a European power (Germany) on European soil.Around 100,000 casualties.

Battle of Passchendaele (31 July – 10 November 1917) alsoknown as the Third Battle of Ypres. 400,000 to 800,000 casualties.

Battle of the Lys (1918) (9–29 April 1918) also known as theBattle of Estaires or the Fourth Battle of Ypres.[citation needed] Around200,000 casualties.

Fifth Battle of Ypres (28 September – 2 October 1918) aninformal name given to a series of battles in northern France and southernBelgium, also known as Advance of Flanders and Battle of the Peaks of Flanders.Around 10,000 Allied casualties; German casualties unknown.