48th Highlanders of Canada - Second Battle of Ypres - Gravenstafel Ridge First World War commemorative plaque and memorial in Zonnebeke, Belgium

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During World War I, the Second Battle of Ypres was fought from 22 April - 25 May 1915 for control of the strategic Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium. The First Battle of Ypres had been fought the previous autumn. The Second Battle of Ypres was the first mass use by Germany of poison gas on the Western Front. It also marked the first time a former colonial force (the 1st Canadian Division) defeated a European power (the German Empire) in Europe (at the Battle of St. Julien and Battle of Kitcheners' Wood).

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Size: 5760px × 3840px
Location: Zonnebeke, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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