New Zealand Remembers Passchendaele
on October 12th it was the 100th anniversary of New Zealand's darkest day on the battlefield: the battle of Passchendaele! 843 New Zealanders died and 1700 wounded in just a few hours. Allied troops tried to take the village of Passchendaele in Belgium. The battle nearly claimed 2000 New Zealanders lives. Canadian troops eventually captured what was left of Passchendaele in early November, but six months later the Germans retook it and held it until just before the end of the war.
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