A SCULPTURE commemorating the deadly battle of Passchendaele, where thousands of Aussie soldiers died, has been unveiled in London, but it’ll completely dissolve by the end of the week. Made ...

A SCULPTURE commemorating the deadly battle of Passchendaele, where thousands of Aussie soldiers died, has been unveiled in London, but it’ll completely dissolve by the end of the week. Made ...

Fought in 1917 during the First World War, the Battle of Passchendaele became infamous for its relentless mud, staggering ...

New exhibit at the Atwater Library in Montreal traces Passchendaele's fall from grace among Canada's First World War battle honours.

THESE haunting pictures reveal the grim and brutal reality of the Battle of Passchendaele, one of the First World War’s bloodiest conflicts. This week marks 100 years since fighting began on … ...

PRINCE Charles visited war graves in Belgium to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele today. But what was the battle, where was it fought and who won?

Passchendaele opened on July 31, 1917 and finally ended on November 10. By that time, the five Australian divisions had withdrawn from the line, with 38,000 casualties, including 12,000 dead.

But in November 1917, as the Canadians fought in Passchendaele along the Western Front — also known as the Third Battle of Ypres — these lists had become nightmarish.

Paul Gross’s Passchendaele, distilled to its essence, is a glorification of military slaughter in the guise of honoring the fallen soldiers of the Canadian Corps in World War I.

Passchendaele offers another, potentially relevant lesson: that military endeavours are enormously wasteful if they serve no greater end.