Second Battle of Ypres
| Second Battle of Ypres | |||||||||
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| Part of the Western Front of the First World War | |||||||||
German diagram showing the new front line after the 2nd Battle of Ypres | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Belgium | German Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Albrecht of Württemberg | |||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 7 divisions | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 35,000+ | ||||||||
Ypres Ypres, a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders | |||||||||
The Second Battle of Ypres was fought from 22 April – 25 May 1915, during the First World War, for control of the tactically valuable high ground to the east and the south of the Flemish town of Ypres, in western Belgium. The First Battle of Ypres had been fought the previous autumn. The Second Battle of Ypres was the occasion of the first mass use by Germany of poison gas on the Western Front.