S1E2: The Second Battle of Ypres
The Canadians were sent into the fire when they joined the French, British and Algerians at the Ypres salient. The allied forces were being overrun on 3 sides and everything was about to get exponentially worse. The Germans had a chip on their shoulder because of their losses during the First Battle of Ypres and decided to fight back with chlorine gas.
Sources:
Books
Cassar, George H. Hell in Flanders Fields: Canadians at the Second Battle of Ypres. Dundurn Press (Toronto), 2010.
Cook, Tim. At the Sharp End. Toronto, Penguin Group (Canada), 2009.
On the Web
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