Passchendaele - The Bloodiest Aniversary

[anabolicrhino]

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This is where over 250,000 allied troops were killed during WWI in Belgium between July and November 1917.

The average death toll was over 2,100 soldiers a day !

 

[Puzzle]

I saw these in the Mail; great pics. We're a lucky generation, that's for sure.

 

[bioman]

Life in those trenches had to be the closest thing to hell on Earth imaginable. I've read lots of accounts and they're all just pure misery.

 

[Tiberius]

The battle of Ypres was bad too IIRC. The British frequently refer to the two as "Passiondale" and "Wipers".