Second Battle of Ypres
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The Second Battle of Ypres was fought from 22 April – 25 May 1915, during the First World War, for control of the tactically valuable high ground to the east and the south of the Flemish town of Ypres, in western Belgium. The First Battle of Ypres had been fought the previous autumn. The Second Battle of Ypres was the occasion of the first mass use by Germany of poison gas on the Western Front.
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1915 Second Battle of Ypres
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | Battle of Prémesques | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Siege of Menin | siege | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1015 | Battle of Florennes | Holy Roman Empire, battle, County of Hainaut, Lower Lotharingia | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1297 | Battle of Furnes | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1302 | Battle of the Golden Spurs | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1382 | Battle of Roosebeke | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1383 | Siege of Ypres | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1580 | Capture of Courtrai | battle, Calvinist Republic of Ghent, Malcontents (Low Countries) | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1658 | Siege of Ypres | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1678 | Siege of Ypres | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1683 | Siege of Courtrai | Kingdom of France, siege, Hispanic Monarchy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1695 | Capitulation of Diksmuide | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1708 | Battle of Wijnendale | battle, Kingdom of Great Britain | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Battle of Furnes | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Battle of Lincelles | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Battle of Hondschoote | French First Republic, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, battle, Kingdom of Great Britain, Electorate of Hanover | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Battle of Menin | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Battle of Courtrai | Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Battle of Furnes | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Unknown | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Battle of Mouscron | Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Battle at Courtrai | Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Battle of Tourcoing | Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Siege of Ypres | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Battle of Hooglede | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1814 | Battle of Courtrai | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Messines | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Armentières | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Diksmuide | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | First Battle of Ypres | Belgium, German Empire, French Third Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Myth of Langemarck | battle, myth | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1915 | Battle of Hill 60 | British Empire, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1915 | Second Battle of Ypres | German Empire, French Third Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1915 | Battle of Kitcheners' Wood | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Actions of the Bluff, 1916 | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Mont Sorrel | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Operations on the Gheluvelt Plateau, July–August 1917 | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Messines | Australia, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle, Dominion of New Zealand | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Passchendaele | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Pilckem Ridge | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Capture of Westhoek | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Langemarck | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Action of the Cockcroft, 19 August 1917 | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Action of 22 August 1917 | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of the Menin Road Ridge | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Capture of Wurst Farm | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Polygon Wood | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Broodseinde | battle, Australia, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Dominion of New Zealand | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Poelcappelle | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | First Battle of Passchendaele | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Second Battle of Passchendaele | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Night action of 1/2 December 1917 | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Attack on the Polderhoek Spur | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of the Lys | Canada, United States, Belgium, British Empire, French Third Republic, First Portuguese Republic, battle, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Markem | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Fifth Battle of Ypres | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Courtrai | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | Batterie Pommern | Imperial German Navy, Imperial German Army, coastal battery | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Essex Farm Advanced Dressing Station | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | German bunker ammunition depot | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Kemmel command bunker | memorial, bunker, museum | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Southern bunker in Tyne Cot Cemetery | pillbox, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Schuilkelders van Wevelgem | air-raid shelter | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Citadel of Lille | fort, citadel | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | City walls of Ieper | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort du Vert-Galant | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1584 | Fort Knokke | destroyed building or structure, fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Cloth Hall, Ypres | cloth hall, military museum, belfry | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Fort de Bondues | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Sanctuary Wood Hill 62 | military museum, museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Site Lange Max | military museum, war memorial, museum, heritage site | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Verlaine Message Museum | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1998 | In Flanders Fields Museum | military museum, museum, documentation centre | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2003 | Pondfarm | military museum, farm | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2014 | Lange Max Museum | military museum, museum | Wikidata |
| commons | image | William Roberts-The First German Gas Attack at Ypres | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bundesarchiv Bild 104-0451, zerstörtes Schloss Hollebeke, Rückansicht | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Second Battle of Ypres | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Col GG NASMITH CMG | Commons | ||
| commons | image | John Lakeland, Contrasting Photographic Views of Ypres and forget-me-not cards | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Canadians at Ypres by William Barnes Wollen | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Arthur Nantel-7 AM APRIL 22ND 1915 (CWM 19710261-0501) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Richard Jack-Second Battle of Ypres CWM 19710261-01611 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | John Lakeland, Contrasting Photographic Views of Ypres and forget-me-not cards, item 8 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Arthur Nantel-PANIC IN YPRES APRIL 1915 (CWM 19710261-0502) | Commons | ||









