Battle of Ypres By: Teddy Manias, Jacqueline Fernandez, Michael McClelland, Emilee Kaminski

Thesis The Battles of Ypres were significant to the war due to the introduction of chlorine gas: an effective weapon, due to its efficiency in killing massive numbers of people, and caught the opposing soldiers off guard; these factors set the tone for the later battles of the war.

Strategies The Battles started as a German advancement, the target was to reach the French/British sound. Artillery was a key weapon used by the Germans, they bombed the frontline then cascaded them with chlorine gas and took the unsuspecting French and British by surprise.

First Battle of Ypres British Expeditionary Force (BEF) set up Allied trenches as a use of defense around Ypres after the “Race to Sea”. Both Allied and German troops fought well into the winter, only ending with confusion Set the path of the war: the Western Front stalemate, the high casualties, and the trenches.

Second Battle of Ypres Only major German attack on the Western Front: used as means of testing chlorine gas. Gas caused a major panic for the Allies and deaths resulted in thousands. Ended: Allied troops eventually developed their own type of gas warfare.

Third Battle: Passchendaele Sir Douglas Haig: Planned a British offensive attack-began with onslaught of the German army Pushed towards Passchendaele Ridge: Germans used mustard gas against Allies-resulted in burns. Offensive attacked stopped after British and Canadian forces took the Ridge..

Impact ●Introduced successful chemical warfare by using poison gas (chlorine). ●Canada’s first battle ●Ypres represented last part of Belgium still under German sovereignty

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