Passchendaele in 360 - The First Day
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The first day of the Battle of Passchendaele saw hard fighting, but not as severe as those from the Somme. Dan Snow takes us through how the first day unfolded in this 360 video. PASSCHENDAELE 100 The 100th anniversary of Passchendaele provides an opportunity to view WW1 in a new way and commemorate the Service and sacrifice of those who lost their lives. Guided by historian Dan Snow, experience the realities of Passchendaele through a unique combination of first-hand audio accounts, diary excerpts, and archive film and photos. Find out more at: http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/passchendaele100 THE BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE Fought between July and November 1917, Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, remains one of the most notorious battles of the First World War. In three-and-a-half months of fighting, an advance of less than five miles saw an estimated 550,000 Allied and German troops killed, wounded or lost. Around 90,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers were missing; 50,000 buried without being identified, and 42,000 never recovered from the Belgian fields of Flanders that turned into an ocean of mud. Check out our website: http://www.britishlegion.org.uk Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/OfficialPoppyLegion Twitter: http://twitter.com/PoppyLegion Instagram: http://instagram.com/royalbritishlegion
The first day of the Battle of Passchendaele saw hard fighting, but not as severe as those from the Somme. Dan Snow takes us through how the first day unfolded in this 360 video. PASSCHENDAELE 100 The 100th anniversary of Passchendaele provides an opportunity to view WW1 in a new way and commemorate the Service and sacrifice of those who lost their lives. Guided by historian Dan Snow, experience the realities of Passchendaele through a unique combination of first-hand audio accounts, diary excerpts, and archive film and photos. Find out more at: http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/passchendaele100 THE BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE Fought between July and November 1917, Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, remains one of the most notorious battles of the First World War. In three-and-a-half months of fighting, an advance of less than five miles saw an estimated 550,000 Allied and German troops killed, wounded or lost. Around 90,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers were missing; 50,000 buried without being identified, and 42,000 never recovered from the Belgian fields of Flanders that turned into an ocean of mud. Check out our website: http://www.britishlegion.org.uk Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/OfficialPoppyLegion Twitter: http://twitter.com/PoppyLegion Instagram: http://instagram.com/royalbritishlegion
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