ypres was a nightmare for canadian soldiers. though we fought in other nightmarish battles, this one really cut it because here 12,000 infantry, and thousands of artillerymen witnessed the germans gas algerians and french, then later in the day began gassing down canadians, then we had to counter attack kitchener's woods at night and pilckem ridge in the morning, and then suffered a second gas inferno. and in 1917 we had to fight a massacre at passchendaele just north of ypres.
I live in Ypres. Deadly accidents with unexploded munition still happen every year. Mostly with farmers. The lead content of the ground near Passendale is especially high. I have the greatest respect for every soldier who gave his life on these battlefields. It must have been pure horror ... RIP
Time to go home boys ...
bompiberlot 7 months ago
ypres was a nightmare for canadian soldiers. though we fought in other nightmarish battles, this one really cut it because here 12,000 infantry, and thousands of artillerymen witnessed the germans gas algerians and french, then later in the day began gassing down canadians, then we had to counter attack kitchener's woods at night and pilckem ridge in the morning, and then suffered a second gas inferno. and in 1917 we had to fight a massacre at passchendaele just north of ypres.
ultradumbass 1 year ago
Harry Patch was last ww1 trench veteran
LINAZAS 1 year ago
60.000 morts sans sépulture, plus tous Ceux de Tynes Côte ... "En Flandre se sent coquelicots coup / entre les croix ...
In Flanders Fields »J. MacCrae grands Médecin en toute première ligne d'une ferme Essex
ANTOONMAKA 1 year ago
In memory of my wif's relative-Korporal Karl Baumann who lost his life at Paschendeale 1917.
IanHunedoara8 2 years ago
Have a care, mate. The unexploded munitions buried around Ypres can still be quite dangerous, even after all these years.
IanHunedoara8 3 years ago
I live in Ypres. Deadly accidents with unexploded munition still happen every year. Mostly with farmers. The lead content of the ground near Passendale is especially high. I have the greatest respect for every soldier who gave his life on these battlefields. It must have been pure horror ... RIP
Sondrani 2 years ago 2
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If only there were no Germans to kill all our young men. We need to deal with the bastards.
20CSw08 3 years ago
all of them...never forget
wapdink 3 years ago 13
All WW1 Service men and the Women who Provided Medical Treatment were Hero's.
They Shall not be forgotten.
whispperson 4 years ago 5