Units involved
There were 56 units all together
-6 French Divisions -50 British Divisions |
Number of combatants
There were 1,120,000 combatants in total
- 120,000 Combatants - 1,000,000 Combatants |
The Battle
Strategies/Tactics
The strategies was to break through German lines and take back Passchendale. This strategy would come at a high casualty rate which was predicted by Currie
Weapons
Commanders
Arthur Currie- Canada
John Monash- Australia Max von Gallwitz- German Empire Erich Ludendorff- German Empire Hubert Gough- United Kingdom Douglas Haig- United Kingdom Herbert Plumer- United Kingdom |
Aftermath
After this battle is when the British saw that Canada had its own voice. Also that Canada was becoming more independent.
Causalities
There was about 275,000 casualties
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Significance of...
The Battle for the War Effort
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Canadians had a hard Battle to fight with land around them being destroyed by the mines and water filling the wholes that were left. Arther Currie tried to say that it was to much to work through with little planning but he was overruled. Despite the heavy loss of men they captured Passchendele.
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