It took place July to November 1917 near a Flemish town that had once been a thriving textile manufacturing  center, but had already been destroyed by earlier battles there.
It took place July to November 1917 near a Flemish town that had once been a thriving textile manufacturing  center, but had already been destroyed by earlier battles there. It started off promisingly enough for the Allies, but the offensive bogged down in the rains of late summer, and the battle's named ended up as a byword for `bloody, unavailing slaughter'.
It took place July to November 1917 near a Flemish town that had once been a thriving textile manufacturing  center, but had already been destroyed by earlier battles there.
Passchendaele or Third Ypres