Battle Of Ypres Movie

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Battle of ypres movie. Derde slag om vlaanderen also known as the battle of passchendaele ˈ p æ ʃ ən d eɪ l was a campaign of the first world war fought by the allies against the german empire. The second battle of ypres was the first mass use by germany of poison gas on the western front. Julien and battle of kitcheners wood. The film takes place during the third battle of ypres where a british contingent of 1 600 men is due to walk into a german trap.
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The battle of ypres was a series of engagements during the first world war near the belgian city of ypres between the german and the allied armies belgian french british expeditionary force and canadian expeditionary force there were hundreds of thousands of casualties during the five engagements first battle of ypres 19 october 22 november 1914. The third battle of ypres german. It also marked the first time a former colonial force the 1st canadian division defeated a european power the german empire in europe at the battle of st. Ypres was a 1925 feature length documentary produced by british instructional films directed by walter summers.
The great battle of messines passchendaele is explored in this documentary combining unique archive footage with carefully researched location photography transporting the viewer back to the. Erste flandernschlacht 19 october 22 november 1914 was a battle of the first world war fought on the western front around ypres in west flanders belgium the battle was part of the first battle of flanders in which german french belgian armies and the british expeditionary force bef fought from arras in. The battle took place on the western front from july to november 1917 for control of the ridges. The original film runs to 49 minutes and is a hotch potch of footage seemingly put together at random.
Almost forgot the bonus feature is a cut down version of the iwm s film ypres the shell shattered city of flanders. And it looks like it could be the definitive wwi movie. The first battle of ypres french. Justin kilgore sierra stercl anais chavez.