The Third Battle of Ypres erupted 108 years ago, on 31 July 1917, Ominously, that afternoon, it began to rain. Yet the stamp of sodden boots like a drumbeat continued for another 3 months. The stout hearted men tramped past the ruins of the Cloth Hall, and Menin Gate into the abyss. In that sodden wasteland, cannons sounded, machine guns stuttered, parachute flares fizzed, poisonous gas drifted, and disembowelled horses shrieked. ‘Mud, blood, and madness. That’s all Passchendaele ever was,’ reca

French marines load and fire a 145mm naval gun at the start of the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), 31st July 1917. Read more about the battle here: https://bit.ly/3PJqkMn Film: IWM 508-21 | Imperial War Museum London

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