BATTLE OF YPERS

COMMANDERS

• John French
• Ferdinand Foch
• Edmund Allenby
• Hubert Gough
• Erich Von Falkenhayn

SIDES OF THE WAR

TOTAL TROOPS & CASUALTIES

• Germans had 5,400,000 troops, & 46,765 casualties/ losses.
• France/ Belgium/ UK had 4,400,000 troops, & 58,155 casualties/ losses.

WEAPONS

• Poison gas
• Heavy Artillery
• Grenades
• Bombs
• Rifles
• Automatic Rifles

IMPORTANCE TO ALLIES/ GERMANY

• Germany's main focus was to get to the English Channel

EFFECTS OF THE WAR

• Trench warfare brought diseases, death, rotten feet, and other health affects on soldiers in the trenches.
• People back at home had to rationalize food to be able to send the troops good food.
• Women, & children went to work to help the soldiers and make a living.

Germany had won most of the battles in the battles of ypers which was very surprising because it was a 1 vs. 3 Germany being the 1. This doesn't suprise most people because Germany's army was quite strong but it really got me curious.

The Battle of Ypres had a total of 3 battles over a long period of time.

The battles took place over a long period of time surround Flanders Town.

WW1 was also called The War To End All Wars

• The battles took place around/ surrounded Flanders Town

INTERVIEW WITH A BATTLE OF YPERS SOLDIER ("A SOLDIERS DAY")

INTERWIEW

• Me: so what was it like in the trenches Steven?
• Steven: the trenches were awful, people got rotten feet, disease, and other illnesses leading to death. I had never had anything to severe but my closest friends had all died one night when the Germans had used a poison gas on us. I was one of the very few survivors, I was very lucky. When it rained we always slip down and some soldiers would die because of other soldiers walking over them when they fell down off the we trenches.

INTERVIEW

• the battles were long and gruesome, everyday leading to multiple other deaths.
• Me: was there anything good about the trenches?
• Steven: yes, some days there would be no fighting because of how wet it was or for different reasons that I am unable to think of. But the best thing was the feeling of helping out your country and knowing that your fighting for the others (women, and children) back at home.
• Me: how did you, the Americans support the war effort at home?

INTERVIEW

• Steven: women and children back at home helped by going to work instead of the men because all the men were supporting their country fighting in the war.
• Me: how did the Amercians mobilize a civilian population for total war?
• Steven: When the total war started America non like France or the others didn't plan a way to mobilize, but then knowing that the war didn't take place at home (America) we had kept the civilians in city like usual to help with the war.

INTERVIEW

• Me: well thank for coming in, and answering our questions.
• Steven: no problem, I'm glad I could help.