Passchendaele
Britishnoun
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"Someone at one time said it was like Passchendaele in the First World War," he said in 2022, as part of the BBC We Were There project.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2024
"Ukraine's 'martyr cities' like Mariupol, Bakhmut, Bucha makes one think of Leuven, Ypres and Passchendaele," Lodewyck said, listing names of the sites of the worst atrocities in Ukraine and World War One-era Belgium.
From Reuters ● Feb. 24, 2023
But in late October a colleague drives him through Ypres, whose medieval Cloth Hall lies in ruins, and out to the forward line near the village of Passchendaele.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2017
Around 100 people gathered Monday at the Welsh memorial in Langemark, near where the Third Battle of Ypres, known as Passchendaele, began.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2017
The following March, Passchendaele would be lost again to the Germans.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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