Operation Hush was a plan to make amphibious landings on the Belgian coast during World War I, supported by a breakout attack from Nieuwpoort and the Yser bridgehead which had been created by the Battle of the Yser (1914). The operation would begin when the main offensive at Ypres advanced to Roulers and Thourout, linked by advances by the French and Belgian armies in between. Operation Hush was cancelled on 14 October 1917 as the delayed advance at Passchendaele made it too late in the season.
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