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09/04/2026

09/04/2026

This week in 1918 marked the start of the Battle of Lys — the Fourth Battle of Ypres — a major phase of the German Spring Offensive fought between 7 and 29 April. Launched as Operation Georgette, the German plan aimed to seize Ypres, take the commanding heights around Messines, and sever vital Allied supply routes.

German forces succeeded in driving a deep, ten‑mile wedge through the Allied front, yet they ultimately failed to push the Allies out of Ypres itself. The cost was devastating on both sides: more than 120,000 German soldiers were killed, wounded, or reported missing, with Allied losses believed to be on a similar scale.

📷-The Battle of the Lys (Operation Georgette). A German cyclist section moving forward on foot, April 1918. © IWM (Q 55273)

09/04/2026

07/04/2026

Willowfield War Memorial, Woodstock Road, Belfast.

THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE MEN WHO PAID
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
THEIR NAMES SHALL
LIVE FOREVERMORE

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🌍 Willowfield War Memorial