World War II was the worst war anyone had seen to that date. Often referred to as the "Great War", or the "War to End all Wars" because many thought there would never be another war this calamitous. No one knew of what awaited them; the war was expected to last only a couple of months, they would be home for Christmas and life would then return to normal. The war was thought of as romantic and heroic and many men signed up to fight for their country. Once they got over to Europe it was a different story, having to live in trenches with rats, lice and dead bodies was anything but romantic. The Battles of Ypres are a very important attribution to the war; it is where a lot of the fighting happened during the war. The warfare happened near the Belgium city of Ypres at...