Luke -Climate and landscape

November 10, 1917

Climate and Landscape

Luke Warren

Ypres, Belgium is a wet and is prone to floods and has waterlogged soil (Duffy).  This can affect the soldiers confidence and living spaces by making the living spaces wet from flooding from higher ground (Duffy). On top of that, there was a biggest rain fall Ypres has seen for years (Duffy).  The Germans attacked on October 20, and the German army’s maneuver was uncontrollable for the Belgian army (Duffy).  The weather caused both sides to make serious compromises the Germans had to reconsider their plans because their last maneuver had failed because of these conditions (Duffy).  The Belgians  fought as well as they could when the Germans attacked again, but they couldn't hold them back. King Albert decided that they had to open up the sluices to create a two mile wide water barrier along the twenty long strip of land between them and the Germans (Duffy). It’s amazing how much something that seems unimportant made such a difference in the battle.

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