The Battle of Amiens hastened the end of the conflict, which saw more than 18 million people killed. Headstones of fallen soldiers from World War I at the Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Ypres, Belgium.

In August of 1914, the European powers found themselves in a bloody "war to end all wars" that would eventually claim the lives of 20 million people. Click through to see photos of Ypres, one of ...

The ‘Race to the Sea’ that had begun in September on the Western Front came to a head at the city of Ypres. So far both sides had been unsuccessful in their attempts to outflank each other by ...

British, Belgian royals mark WWI battle centenary in Ypres. Associated Press. Sun, July 30, 2017 at 8:45 PM UTC. ... also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, Sunday July 30, 2017.

Around 100 people gathered Monday at the Welsh memorial in Langemark, near where the Third Battle of Ypres, known as Passchendaele, began. More than half a million Allied and German troops were ...

Few people understand more about honoring the dead than Daniel Macrae. His uncle was killed in Normandy during World War II, his nephew was killed in the Gulf W ...

THE Battle of Passchendaele was a brutal battle which took place on the Western Front during World War One and left over half-a-million troops dead on both sides. It was also the first time poison … ...

Interpretations of an Iconic Battle. A new addition to Oxford’s “Great Battles” series, Ypres is not a detailed account of the several protracted battles for that famed Belgian city.Rather, it is an ...

A ceremony’s been held to mark the 100th anniversary of the First Battle of Ypres during the World War One. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Belgian and Dutch royal families were among dozens ...

Events in Ypres, Belgium, will honour the hundreds of thousands who died in the WW1 battle of Passchendaele.