Ypres Salient fighting

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Ypres Salient fighting refers to the prolonged and brutal series of World War I battles around the Belgian town of Ypres, marked by trench warfare, massive casualties, and the first large-scale use of poison gas on the Western Front.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I military campaign
series of battles
belligerent Australia
Belgium
Canada
France
German Empire
India (British Indian Army)
linked to: British Indian Army

New Zealand
Ottoman Empire (limited involvement via German alliance)
South Africa
United Kingdom
commemoratedBy In Flanders Fields Museum
Menin Gate Memorial
Tyne Cot Cemetery
conflict World War I
endTime 1918
hasPart Battle of Messines (1917)
Battle of Mount Sorrel
Battle of Passchendaele
Battle of the Lys (1918)
First Battle of Ypres
Second Battle of Ypres
Third Battle of Ypres
location Belgium
West Flanders
Ypres
Ypres Salient
notableFor artillery bombardments
first large-scale use of poison gas on the Western Front
high casualties
muddy battlefield conditions
trench warfare
partOf Western Front
resultedIn creation of a salient in the Allied front line
devastation of the town of Ypres
large military and civilian casualties
startTime 1914
strategicImportance control of approaches to Channel ports
holding the northern sector of the Western Front
usedTactic creeping barrage
mining and counter-mining
trench warfare
usedWeapon chlorine gas
heavy artillery
machine guns
mustard gas
phosgene gas
rifles

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Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge partOf Ypres Salient fighting
Tyne Cot Cemetery locatedIn Ypres Salient
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Battle of St. Julien location Ypres Salient
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Battle of Messines (1917) front Ypres Salient
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Battle of Messines (1917) terrainFeature Ypres Salient
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Hubert Gough theatreOfOperations Ypres salient
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Campaigns of World War I hasPart Ypres salient operations
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Battle of Mount Sorrel locatedIn Ypres Salient
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Battle of Mount Sorrel relatedTo Ypres Salient battles
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Battle of Frezenberg partOf Ypres Salient fighting
Battle of Polygon Wood location Ypres Salient
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Cross of Sacrifice at Menin Road South Military Cemetery associatedWith Ypres Salient
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World War I battlefields hasPart Ypres Salient battlefields
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Ypres–Comines Canal passesThrough Ypres salient region
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Menin Gate Memorial locatedIn Ypres Salient
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Menin Gate Memorial associatedWith Ypres battles of World War I
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In Flanders Fields Museum locatedNear Ypres Salient battlefields
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In Flanders Fields Museum associatedWith Ypres Salient
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Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate associatedWith Ypres Salient
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Fifth Battle of Ypres location Ypres salient
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Earl of Ypres namedAfter Ypres salient
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Essex Farm Cemetery frontSector Ypres Salient
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Langemark German war cemetery locatedIn Ypres Salient
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Ijzer flowsThrough Ypres salient region
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Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery region Ypres Salient
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Hill 60 Memorial locatedIn Ypres Salient
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Hill 60 Memorial strategicFeatureOf Ypres Salient
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Sanctuary Wood Cemetery locatedIn Ypres Salient
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Sanctuary Wood Cemetery associatedWithArea Ypres Salient
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Hooge Crater Cemetery locatedIn Ypres Salient
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Polygon Wood Cemetery locatedIn Ypres Salient
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Western Belgium contains Ypres Salient
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Third Battle of Ypres location Ypres salient
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Ypres 1915 partOf Ypres Salient fighting
Boesinghe locatedNear Ypres Salient
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Ypres Salient fighting location Ypres Salient
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St. Julien, Belgium locatedIn Ypres Salient
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St. Julien, Belgium frontLineArea Ypres Salient
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Zonnebeke locatedIn Ypres Salient
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British Second Army front Ypres Salient
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Wytschaete locatedIn Ypres Salient area
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Sanctuary Wood partOf Ypres Salient
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Hill 61 partOf Ypres Salient
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Hill 61 theatreOfWar Ypres sector of the Western Front
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Observatory Ridge locatedIn Ypres salient
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Hill 62 (Sanctuary Wood) Canadian Memorial near Ypres Salient
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Hill 62 partOf Ypres Salient
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Hill 62 hasViewOver Ypres Salient
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Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium regionServed Ypres Salient
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British 27th Division front Ypres salient
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