S1E2: The Second Battle of Ypres
What about the Canadians?
English - December 01, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 84 MBHistory Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Canadians were sent into the fire when they joined the French, British and Algerians at the Ypres salient. The allied forces were being overrun on 3 sides and everything was about to get a exponentially worse. The Germans had a chip on their shoulder because of their losses during the First Battle of Ypres and decided to fight back with chlorine gas.