second battle of Ypres
battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient • Syn: Ypres, battle of Ypres • Regions: Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Belgique • Instance Hypernyms: pitched battle • Part Holonyms: World War I, World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War
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