What is Second Battle of Ypres?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Second Battle of Ypres | partof = the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] of the First World War | image = The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war (1919) (14758997386).jpg | caption = Canadian troops in the battle | date = 22 April – 25 May 1915 | place = {{coord|50.891|N|2.979|E|display=inline,title|type:event}}<br>[[Ypres]], Belgium | result = Stalemate | combatant1 = {{flagicon|France}} [[French Third Republic|France]]<br /> *{{flagicon|France}} [[Army of Africa (France)|Army of Africa]] {{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] *{{flag|Canada|1868|25px}} *[[File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg|25px|]] [[British India]] | combatant2 = {{flag|German Empire}} | commander1 = {{flagicon|UK}} [[Horace Smith-Dorrien]]<br />[[File:Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg|25px|]] [[Arthur Currie]]<br />{{flagicon|France}} [[Henri Gabriel Putz]]<br />{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Armand-Léopold-Théodore de Ceuninck|A.-L.-T. de Ceuninck]]<br/>{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Theophile Figeys]] | commander2 = {{flagicon|German Empire}} [[Duke Albrecht of Württemberg|Albrecht of Württemberg]] | strength1 = 8 infantry divisions&mdash;2 French divisions and 6 British, Canadian, and Newfoundland divisions | strength2 = 7 infantry divisions | casualties1 = 70,000 dead, wounded, or missing | casualties2 = 35,000 dead, wounded, or missing | campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Western Front (World War I)}} }} The '''Second Battle of Ypres''' was a battle of the [[World War I|First World War]]. It was fought for control of the town of [[Ypres]] in western [[Belgium]].<ref name=sheffield>{{cite book|first=Gary|last=Sheffield|title=The Western Front Experience: 1914–1918|url=https://archive.org/details/iwmwesternfronte0000unse|publisher=Sevenoaks|date=2011|pages=[https://archive.org/details/iwmwesternfronte0000unse/page/18 18]–19|isbn=9781862008304}}</ref> It happened in the spring of 1915.<ref name=she