Technically "EE-preh," colloquially "wipers."
It wasn't. The Somme was in France. Ypres was in Belgium.
Ypres is a Belgian municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders.
Well, Ypres was attacked because it was a very strategic place during World War 1. Ypres is located on a hilly area, therefore on the high ground. Also, all roads in Flanders converged on Ypres. Ypres was also in the way of the "Race to the Sea", where the Germans (The main power in Ypres, Turkey and Austria-Hungary were too south) wanted to obtain the ports to cut off the British supplies. Source- I am thirteen and have done a huge project on Ypres.
The new technologies used in the Battle of Ypres was poisonous gas, and larger cannons and guns.
That would be during WW1, Not WW2. But nonetheless, the Germans first used gas at Ypres in April 1915.
Ypres took place near the city of Ypres in Belgium.
Ypres occured near the city of Ypres in Belgium, mere miles from France.
The Ypres League was created in 1920.
Woods of Ypres was created in 2002.
HMCS Ypres ended in 1920.
It is 32 Miles from Ypres to Dunkirk
It wasn't. The Somme was in France. Ypres was in Belgium.
Ypres is a Belgian municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders.
There were 5 battles of Ypres during WW1.Here are the dates for all 5 battlesFirst Battle of Ypres: October 19 - November 22, 1914Second Battle of Ypres: April 22 - May 15, 1915Third Battle of Ypres: July 31 - November 6, 1917Fourth Battle of Ypres: April 9 - April 29, 1918Fifth Battle of Ypres: September 28 - October 2, 1918
the end of the ypres ended in 2001 =]
HMCS Ypres was created on 1917-11-10.
First Battle of Ypres happened in 1914.