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First Passchendaele Attack Approved

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1917

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st12 October 1917

Passchendaele · Warfare / World War, 1st

Haig approves the first major assault toward Passchendaele after previous attacks fail to secure the ridge.

Names involved

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st

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