Passchendaele

Passchendaele
a series of World War I battles (1917) fought near the small town of Passchendaele in Belgium. About 300 000 Allied soldiers and a similar number of Germans died, in terrible conditions.
See also Allies, Ypres.

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  • Passchendaele — /ˈpæʃənˌdeɪl/ (say pashuhn.dayl) noun a village in north western Belgium; site of fighting during the third battle of Ypres in July–November 1917 during World War I, with heavy Allied casualties. The capture of Passchendaele would give Allied… …  

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  • Passchendaele Memorial — The Passchendaele Memorial [ [http://www.vac acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=memorials/ww1mem/passchen Veterans Affairs Canada] ] is a war memorial commemorating the actions of the Canadian Corps during the World War I Battle of Passchendaele …   Wikipedia

  • Passchendaele — Passendale bezeichnet: Ortsteil der Gemeinde Zonnebeke in der belgischen Provinz Westflandern, siehe Passendale (Zonnebeke) einen belgischen Schnittkäse, siehe Passendale (Käse) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Passchendaele — Pas|schen|daele an important battle during World War I in 1917, in northwest Belgium, in which over 200,000 British soldiers were killed. The ↑mud (=soft wet earth) made the terrible conditions in which the soldiers lived and fought even worse …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Passchendaele —  Not dale. Belgian village, scene of bloody battle in World War I …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

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