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Baptism of Fire: The Second Battle of Ypres and the Forging of Canada, April 1915 Baptism of Fire: The Second Battle of Ypres and the Forging of Canada, April 1915 Baptism of Fire: The Second Battle of Ypres and the Forging of Canada, April 1915 is a non-fiction book, written by Canadian writer Nathan M. Greenfield, first published in April 2007 by Harper Collins. In the book, the author recounts "The Second Battle of Ypres", called an "heroic battle" of World War I. The battle poised skilled German soldiers armed with chlorine gas against the entrenched 1st Canadian Division who managed to prevail, against odds. In defeating the Germans, and overcoming the effects of the