Passchendaele: Exploring the Deadliest Battle of WWI
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Join Historian Mat McLachlan for a discussion of the Battle of Passchendaele, the disastrous battle in October 1917 that came to be known as the 'Battle of the Mud'. Find out what went so horribly wrong, what it was like to fight through it and what you can see on the ground today.
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A Canadian looking forward to going to Ypres next month. I love all of your videos. Thank you!
Awesome! Thank you!
Hey Matt, I am so glad to have found your channel, I am from Brazil and a huge military history fan, the Anzacs hold a special place in my heart, I see their resilience and cheerfulness even in extreme situations very similar to that of Brazillians.
I would like to ask you about a recommendation, which regimental histories are the best to read about Passchendaele?
I mean from which battalions would you recommend?
Also, congratulations for your brilliant work and for keep the memory of these men alive!
Cheers, Gustavo
Incredible Matt, great to see your passion at work. I enjoyed learning about this horrific battle; the losses are completely unimaginable.
Much appreciated!
I took my Dad to Ypres in 2018, armistice day, and I put him where his grandfather first went over the top on 31st July 1917 at Klein zillebeke. We did Flanders fields museum and paid our respects to uncle Arthur commemorated at tyne cot. My gt grandfathers bn was also called out of reserve and carried the forward slope of Tower Hamlets during the first day of battle of Menin rd, giving the Diggers the jumping off point to carry Tower Hamlets.
Thanks for sharing. 👍🏼
Fantastic Matt
Thanks!
Just got home after visiting Ypres. Such an amazing place, we visited areas where my great grandfather served during 1917. I would love to join one of your tours one day to explore more of these historical places. Thank you for important work preserving the memory for future generations. 🇦🇺
Thanks for sharing!
Great video, very enjoyable. I've stayed at Varlet Farm many times and explored the battle field....fascinating place
Thank you!
My grandpa fought at Passchendaele (and Gallipoli). He was an ANZAC.
Lest we forget.
Missed it as was at work. Great to watch next day
Glad you enjoyed it!
New to your channel and loved this! Just to clarify tho... at approx 53m you mention no NZers names are commemorated at Tyne Cot or Menin Gate. True for Menin Gate but approx 1360 names are at Tyne Cot. I may have misheard you tho.... ☺
Yes you are correct. Technically the NZ Memorial is separate from the British one, but I was remiss not to mention it. Thanks for the clarification. 👍🏼
Looking forward to doing your tour of Vietnam, with good weather in November or December in 2024 or 2025. Trevor.
It will be a great tour.
Got to lay wreath at Menin Gate Have great video Thanks for the wreath Jo a fantastic guide Helen and Ken Victoria
Brilliant.
Good evening from Canada 🇨🇦
Great contribution from the Canadians!
Sorry I missed this Mat, the time difference between Aus and the UK defeated me! Will do my best to try and make any future ones.
Cheers Stuart!
Hooge just outside Ypres is an interesting spot worth a visit , at Hooge you can see mine warfare and trench systems and block houses , I lost two uncles one has grave and one has no grave , I expect you went to this spot ?
Hooge is a fascinating place to visit. Great museum too.
Hello Mat My wife's great uncle was killed by shell blast close to a cemetery near Passchendaele! I also lost two great uncles, brothers.
A sad tale. Thanks for sharing.
#anzac.........LOL.....just realised the draw was a few months ago! This video just came up in my feed!
Great video, can’t wait to get over to Ypres
Hope you enjoy it!
Any idea on the casualty limit Haig had in mind to call off the attack?
It didn’t really work like that. Casualties weren’t tallied until after the battle. Success would be measured by the taking of objectives, so all Haig would have known in real time was that the troops were struggling against heavy opposition.
Read the history of the 14th Battalion AIF And Pompey Elliott's Book .Both Books,from first hand accounts , 'clearly' states the British were culling the Australians ,throughout World war One ..
Did you have any ancestors who fought in the ypres salient matt?
Not as far as I know, but I had a relative killed at Gallipoli and another at Fromelles.
@MatMcLachlanHistory l know the fromelle battlefields well. Has he a known grave matt?
Hi Mat. You didn’t thank me for the Henry Keck email I sent you regarding the Myall Creek massacre.
Hi Jay. I don’t recall receiving it.
@@MatMcLachlanHistory The importance of this is of course these men were guilty as punch, yet I still to this day have to speak up for the victims. These atrocities cut deep through generations of family. Just as they would if it were our families. The denial is rife and was especially showing its head around the voice debate. It’s evidence like this you cannot deny. Thanks for your swift reply. 👍🍻
@@MatMcLachlanHistory Hi Mat. Give me your email address and I’ll send the Henry Keck letter about the confessions again. Cheers Jay 🍻
Passendale -Pussen- dala. Broodseinda - Broodt- sender.
The deadliest battle of WW1, really?