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Third Ypres Offensive Authorised

Name: Third Ypres Offensive Authorised – Great Britain factsheet records
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Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1917Date range

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1917

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1stJuly 1917

Flanders · Warfare / World War, 1st

Haig authorises the main Flanders offensive intended to break through east of Ypres.

Names involved

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st

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