Passchendaele

British  

/ ˈpæʃənˌdeɪl /

noun

1. a village in NW Belgium, in West Flanders province: the scene of heavy fighting during the third battle of Ypres in World War I during which 245 000 British troops were lost

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Example Sentences

"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

The most substantial of these is “Passchendaele: Landscape at War,” at a villa next door to the Memorial Museum Passchendaele, in the town of Zonnebeke.

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

Every single pre-1922 Irish line infantry regiment had been involved in the Passchendaele offensive.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 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