| NOUN | act | Ypres, battle of Ypres, third battle of Ypres | battle in World War I (1917) |
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| act | Ypres, battle of Ypres, second battle of Ypres | battle in World War I (1915) | |
| act | Ypres, battle of Ypres, first battle of Ypres | battle in World War I (1914) |
| Meaning | battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery. | |
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| Synonyms | battle of Ypres, third battle of Ypres | |
| Instance of | pitched battle | A fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place |
| Part of | World War I, World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War | A war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918 |
| Region | Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Belgique | A monarchy in northwestern Europe |
| Spanish | batalla de Ypres, Ypres | |
| Meaning | battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient. | |
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| Synonyms | battle of Ypres, second battle of Ypres | |
| Instance of | pitched battle | A fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place |
| Part of | World War I, World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War | A war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918 |
| Region | Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Belgique | A monarchy in northwestern Europe |
| Spanish | batalla de Ypres, segunda batalla de Ypres, Ypres | |
| Catalan | Ypres | |
| Meaning | battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines / lines of the others. | |
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| Synonyms | battle of Ypres, first battle of Ypres | |
| Instance of | pitched battle | A fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place |
| Part of | World War I, World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War | A war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918 |
| Region | Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Belgique | A monarchy in northwestern Europe |
| Spanish | batalla de Ypres, Ypres | |
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