Battle of Passchendaele

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First World War battle Western Front engagement battle

The Battle of Passchendaele was a brutal and muddy First World War offensive in 1917 near Ypres, Belgium, notorious for its massive casualties and minimal territorial gains.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Passchendaele	11
Third Battle of Ypres	6
Battle of Broodseinde	1
Battle of Langemarck (1917)	1
Battle of Passchendaele 1917	1
Battle of Pilckem Ridge	1
Battle of the Menin Road Ridge	1
First Battle of Passchendaele	1
Second Battle of Passchendaele	1
Ypres 1917	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First World War battle ⓘ Western Front engagement ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ surface form: Third Battle of Ypres
belligerent	Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ surface form: Allied Powers British Empire ⓘ German Empire ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses	hundreds of thousands of casualties ⓘ
commander	Douglas Haig ⓘ Erich Ludendorff ⓘ Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ surface form: Ferdinand von Hindenburg Herbert Plumer ⓘ Hubert Gough ⓘ
conflictIn	World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved	Australia ⓘ Belgium ⓘ Canada ⓘ France ⓘ German Empire ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
endDate	1917-11-10 ⓘ
followedBy	German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ surface form: German spring offensive (1918)
front	Ypres ⓘ surface form: Ypres Salient
hasPart	Battle of Passchendaele self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Broodseinde Battle of Passchendaele self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Langemarck (1917) Battle of Passchendaele self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Pilckem Ridge Battle of Polygon Wood ⓘ Battle of Passchendaele self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Menin Road Ridge Battle of Passchendaele self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Battle of Passchendaele Battle of Passchendaele self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Second Battle of Passchendaele
location	Flanders ⓘ surface form: Flanders, Belgium near Ypres, Belgium ⓘ
memorial	New Zealand Memorial to the Missing at Tyne Cot ⓘ Passchendaele Canadian Memorial ⓘ Tyne Cot Cemetery ⓘ
notableFor	extreme mud and waterlogged terrain ⓘ high casualty rates ⓘ minimal territorial gains ⓘ
partOf	Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front of World War I
precededBy	Battle of Messines (1917) ⓘ
result	Allied tactical victory ⓘ strategic stalemate ⓘ
startDate	1917-07-31 ⓘ
strategicObjective	breakthrough of German lines in Flanders ⓘ capture of Passchendaele and surrounding ridges ⓘ
terrain	shell-torn clay soil ⓘ water-filled craters ⓘ
territorialGain	capture of Passchendaele ridge ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of World War I ⓘ
weatherConditions	heavy rain ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Passchendaele → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Battle of Ypres

Arthur Currie → battle → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

Lord Gort → battle → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

6th Regiment of Foot → battleHonour → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passchendaele

Coldstream Guards → battleHonour → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ypres 1917

King's Own Scottish Borderers (historical) → battleHonour → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

subject surface form: King's Own Scottish Borderers

this entity surface form: Passchendaele

Manchester Regiment → battleHonour → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passchendaele

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry → battleHonour → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passchendaele

Regina Rifle Regiment → battleHonour → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passchendaele

Royal Berkshire Regiment → battleHonour → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passchendaele

The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada → battleHonour → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passchendaele

Royal Scots → battleHonours → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passchendaele

Royal Warwickshire Regiment → battleHonoursInclude → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passchendaele

British Commonwealth forces → conflict → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

2nd Canadian Division → engagement → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passchendaele

Australian and New Zealand Army Corps → engagement → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Battle of Ypres

Canadian Corps → engagement → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Passchendaele 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force → engagement → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

Canadian Machine Gun Corps → engagement → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

French First Army → engagement → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

Second Battle of Ypres → followedBy → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Battle of Ypres

Battle of Passchendaele → hasPart → Battle of Passchendaele self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Pilckem Ridge

Battle of Passchendaele → hasPart → Battle of Passchendaele self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Langemarck (1917)

Battle of Passchendaele → hasPart → Battle of Passchendaele self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Menin Road Ridge

Battle of Passchendaele → hasPart → Battle of Passchendaele self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Broodseinde

Battle of Passchendaele → hasPart → Battle of Passchendaele self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Battle of Passchendaele

Battle of Passchendaele → hasPart → Battle of Passchendaele self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Battle of Passchendaele

European theatre of World War I → hasPart → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Battle of Ypres

European theatre of World War I → hasPart → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

Canadian Corps → notableBattle → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

Henry Rawlinson → notableBattle → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

Western Front → notableBattle → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Front (World War I)

British High Command on the Western Front → notableBattleDirected → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

1st Canadian Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

1st Division (Australia) → notableEngagement → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Battle of Ypres

3rd Canadian Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

CEF → notableEngagement → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

subject surface form: Canadian Expeditionary Force

Canadian Railway Troops → notableEngagement → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

Royal 22e Régiment → notableEngagement → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

VIII Corps (United Kingdom) → notableEngagement → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

4th Canadian Division → participatedIn → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

Ypres → twinnedWith → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passchendaele

Ypres → wasSiteOf → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Battle of Ypres

Ypres → wasSiteOf → Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ