Passchendaele is a 2008 canadian war film, written, coproduced, directed by, and starring. Battle of passchendaele third battle of ypres part of the western front of the first. The battle of passchendaele by sainee ayathurai on prezi. During wwi, the battle for the tiny belgium town passchendaele was one of the.
Passchendaele wordreference english dictionary, questions, discussion and forums. Battle of passchendaele unionpedia, the concept map. This short documentary, narrated by paul gross and made in 2008, looks at life in the trenches in the first world war. Passchendaele 2008 dvdrip h264 aacsecretmyth kingdomrelease posted by in movies. Passchendaele 2008 was a canadian film directed by paul gross about the battle. All of this simply accumulated the longer you were in combat. Toyota, eklektik productions et chumcity references. Wapa tv, passajoke productions et whdh boston genres. French soldier guards honour british comrades, flanders, 1917. The battle of passchendaele essaysww1 the battle of passchendaele. Passendale or passchendaele is a rural belgian village in the zonnebeke municipality of west. And on top of all of this, there was the obvious need for continual hyper.
Battle of passchendaele third ypres the australian war. A few days prior to the attack on passchendaele, general watson heard haig say. Passchendaele will open in theatres nationwide october 17, 2008. Download pdf passchendaele ridge free usakochan pdf.
It became a concept, an international symbol for the violence of war in its most horrific form. Sergeant michael dunne, a soldier who is brutally wounded in france returns to a calgary. About passchendaele was not only an episode in the history of the first world war. Militarily,it was a success for canada,yet it did not appear to make. Following an intensive bombardment, the allies began their attack, but the low ground between the lines had been churned into a quagmire, and the attack was literally bogged down. Battle of passchendaele simple english wikipedia, the. The passchendaele memorial is a canadian war memorial that commemorates the actions of the canadian corps in the second battle of passchendaele of world war i. The lives of a troubled veteran, his nurse girlfriend and a naive boy intersect first in alberta and then in belgium during the bloody world war i battle of passchendaele. We will be buying passchendaele when it comes out on video. The canadian corps would be the determining factor, for the date of the operation, as ours was the big effort, all the others being subsidiary to our main operation of the capture of bellevue spur, crest farm, and passchendaele itself. This was particularly evident at passchendaele, which was notoriously sodden due to the wet weather and the high watertable of this lowlying area, much of which was reclaimed marshland.
Battle of passchendaele, a military campaign of world war ifirst battle of passchendaele, a constituent battle of the battle of passchendaelesecond battle of passchendaele, a constituent battle of the battle of passchendaelepasschendaele ridge, a. The battle of passchendaele was one of the major battles of the first. During wwi, the battle for the tiny belgium town passchendaele was one of the most significant tests of canadian courage and expertise. Life in the trenches life in the trenches nzhistory.
The battle was fought for control of the village of passchendaele a village is near t. Passchendaele was the third and longest battle to take place at ypres, belgium. It is famous for the massive number of soldiers involved, over one and a half million men, counting germans, were involved in the three and a. Americans and their pathetic movie critics have said passchendaele would not do good outside of canada. Others, such as norm christie remark that passchendaele was a huge ac. Between june and november 1917 the 3rd battle of ypres took place, also known as the battle of passchendaele. The battle of passchendaele the battle many canadians displayed courage and nobleness canadians were the first to reach the outskirts of passchendaele ridge nine canadians recieved the victoria cross award the battle of mud gave the. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Seeing the battle conditions the lieutenant of the canadian army was appalled by the mud and terrible conditions of the battlefield. Passchendaele the movie facebook group front lines the trenches. Passchendaele 2008 brripjrnada commissionkvcd by jrnad posted by in movies. The movie paul grosss use of nature and war scenes revealed the beauty of the homeland but also the hell that war really was like.
The memorial is located on the former site of crest farm, an objective captured by the 4th canadian division during the assault of 30 october 1917. Passchendaele canadian battle contributions in world war. Passchendaele 2008 paul gross paul gross dir british troops take part in the commemoration events for the world war one battle of passchendaele at the tyne cot cemetery near ypres in belgium. Passchendaele written and directed by paul gross, is a story of passion, courage and dedication set during the height of the first world war the film shows the heroism of those that fought in battle, and of those that loved them.
People often refer to it as the hell of passchendaele. After mid1917, and following mutinies in the overstrained french army, the british forces had to assume an even greater role in the war on the western front. The battle took place on the western front, from july to november 1917, for control of the ridges. So in australia the battle of passchendaele is pronounced passiondale and the battle of ypres is pronounced wipers because that is the pronunciation used by our troops that fought those battles.
The battle of passchendaele was fought july 31 to november 6, 1917, during world war i 19141918. At the end of the battle, which was fought on a ground devastated by the bombs and by the rains, the military results were modest. My wife and i and our four kids ages 14 to 20 all went to passchendaele and was extremely satisfied. By nathan lui monday, october 17, 2008 cinematography passchendaele.
The battle of passchendaele was one of the biggest battles of the first world war. The government of france faced a massive mutiny at the time, having lost nearly 4. The battle of passchendaele was not without consequences. Allied troops attacked the german army in many operations. No one of us who had previous experience of the ypres salient fighting could anticipate, without horror and dread, the orders. The third battle of ypres otherwise know as the battle of passchendaele was meant for the allie troops to expand its front from ypres to capture passchendaele.
Michael dunne gross, a soldier who is wounded in france and returns to his home in calgary emotionally and physically scarred. Download passchendaele ii battle map, 12 oct 1917 pdf file. For king and empire 4of6 slaughter in the mud the canadians at passchendaele xvid mp3 dsrip bitsrg. With paul gross, michael greyeyes, james kot, jesse frechette. What is the historical significance of passchendaele. It has been created collecting tms from the european union and united nations, and aligning the best domainspecific multilingual websites. In 2008 gross released his feature film passchendaele, a movie based on the famous first world war battle heroically fought by 50,000 canadians in the bloodied fields of ypres, belgium. Indeed, the flooded trenches and churned landscape of the battlefields are among the most potent symbols of the first world war. The battle took place on the western front, from july to november 1917, for control of. English wikipedia the free encyclopedia passchendaele passchendaele may refer to. In the autumn of 1917, after years of stalemate at ypres, the british and french armies launched a massive offensive to take passchendaele ridge. Meeting at chantilly, france, in november 1916, allied leaders discussed plans for the upcoming year. During the third battle of ypres in 1917, better known as the battle of passchendaele, approximately 600.
Its hard to overstake how unimaginably dreadful is passchendaele. The lives of a troubled veteran, his nurse girlfriend and a naive boy. Sir douglas haig, the commander in chief of the british armed forces, started an offesive in order to reconquer flanders. Set during the height of world war i, passchendaele tells the story of an important event in canadian history through the eyes of sgt. This fullyillustrated, easilyaccessible, account of the battle of passchendaele presents the background and details of canadas coming of age in the great war.
Video from the end credits of the movie passchendaele directed by paul gross 2008. Battle of passchendaele junenovember 1917 in which 10th battalion of 1st canadian division set record for highest number of individual bravery awards for a single battle spoiler warning. Download torrent or any other torrent from category. The teachersguide introduction the battle of passchendaele epitomizes much of what was good and bad about the great war for canada politically,militarily,and socially and thus it serves as an appropriate focus for the study of the first world war. The battle of passchendaele was one of the major battles of the first world war, taking place between july. The passchendaele canadian memorial is a canadian war memorial that commemorates the actions of the canadian corps in the second battle of passchendaele of world war i.
Isu some politicians, soldiers, and military historians say that the battle of passchendaele was the most futile of battles and the most horrendous of slaughters dancocks inside front cover. Pronunciation of wwi battle names is confused by the troops using english variations on french place names. Battle of passchendaele july 31november 6, 1917, world war i battle that embodied the senseless slaughter of the western front. Derde slag om vlaanderen, also known as the battle of passchendaele.