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because the Germans had some good positions were they could see the allied troops attacking easily, most of there positions were uphill.

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Q: Why was defending ypres so difficult?
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Why was defending the Ypres salient so difficult?

because it was surrounded on three sides by the germans therfore leaving it extremely vunerable to assaults and bombardment


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