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After 99 days and 3 hours allied troops began to enter Passchendaele village itself – a journey of some 5 miles from their starting-off point...

Captain Lieutenant Claus Lafrenz was captured when his submarine UC 65 was torpedoed by British submarine C15 in the English Channel. Five of the crew...

Jospeph Kuppers served as an assistant surgeon aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm. This was an armed merchantman that went under the guise of Maria of Flensburg...

This was the day of the second stage of the Second Battle of Passchendaele. The Canadian objectives for the day were to complete the capture...

The Third Battles of Ypres, commonly known as Passchendaele, was now entering its final stage. The battle itself had started on 31 July. Many exhausted...

The British decided to postpone their offensive until the weather improved. The muddy ground conditions were making it impossible to move the heavy artillery forward...

The British attack was launched early in the morning accompanied by high winds and heavy rains. The scenario of 9 October 1917 was repeated: heavy...

Just two German prisoners were taken on 10 October 1917 who would later be transferred to Skipton. 2nd Lieutenant Meinhard Reins was captured at Poelcappelle...

This was designed to build on the British successes of the previous days. Unfortunately heavy rain had again turned the ground into a sea of...

This was the Allies’ most successful victory during the Passchendaele campaign. The torrential rain of August had been replaced by the unsettled weather of September....