The Slog of War -- the Passchendaele Campaign of 1917

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🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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The best way to describe the Third Ypres (Passchendaele) Campaign of 1917. It’s ‘slog.’ When you think about a drudging act that seems to accomplish nothing, this battle is it. Mud. Mud to your waist. Everything sinks down several feet into mud....

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