14 -18 - Belgian history

Episode 3: The big turning point (1x3)

: 18, 2014

Using archival footage, RTBF interviews of veterans in 1964 and historians, look back at the turning point of the First World War. The Battle of Passchendaele, this clash, also called the Third Battle of Ypres, is one of the bloodiest episodes. The English, Canadian and French army reinforcements fought the Germans between July 31 and November 6, 1917. This episode represents a turning point in the war with the Americans who went to war in the spring of 1917. The Russian Revolution October 1917 also changes the alliances. After the loss of ground of the Germans, the Belgians enter the decisive offensives.