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31st July 17, 03:13 PM
#5
 Originally Posted by hector
The battle at PASSENDALE (not Passchendaele) is one of these dramas which could have been avoided. 500,000 casualties (among which more than 170,000 young men lost their lives) and for what? 8km of mud land which was lost again in no time.
But did mankind learned something from its stupidities?
Was the village known as Passendale in 1917?
Last edited by Bruce Scott; 31st July 17 at 03:18 PM.
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