Officially known as the Third Battle ... previous battles: First Ypres (October-November 1914) and Second Ypres (April-May 1915). Haig had long wanted a British offensive in Flanders and ...

The First Battle of Ypres - one of five - the previous October and November claimed more than 250,000 lives. Now similar scenes are playing out around a small Ukrainian city. History has a way of ...

In Flanders Field is a famous poem. Written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. John McCrae was a Canadian field surgeon. He wrote the poem after his friend was killed in battle. He wrote a famous ...