Third Battle of Ypres

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First World War battle Western Front offensive battle

The Third Battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, was a major and notoriously brutal First World War offensive fought in 1917 on the Western Front, marked by horrific mud, heavy casualties, and limited territorial gains.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Passchendaele	11
Battle of Passchendaele	2
Passchendaele offensive	1
Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First World War battle ⓘ Western Front offensive ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Passchendaele NERFINISHED ⓘ Passchendaele offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ British Empire ⓘ Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ France ⓘ German Empire ⓘ New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic	extensive use of artillery ⓘ extremely muddy conditions ⓘ heavy casualties ⓘ heavy rain ⓘ limited territorial gains ⓘ trench warfare ⓘ
commander	Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas Haig NERFINISHED ⓘ Erich Ludendorff NERFINISHED ⓘ Ferdinand Foch NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbert Plumer NERFINISHED ⓘ Hubert Gough NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictIn	First World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
endDate	1917-11-10 ⓘ
estimatedCasualties	hundreds of thousands ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Cambrai (1917) NERFINISHED ⓘ
frontLength	approximately 15 kilometers ⓘ
includesEngagement	Battle of Broodseinde NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Langemarck (1917) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Menin Road Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Pilckem Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Polygon Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ First Battle of Passchendaele NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Battle of Passchendaele NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Ypres salient NERFINISHED ⓘ near Ypres, Belgium ⓘ
memorial	New Zealand Memorial to the Missing at Tyne Cot NERFINISHED ⓘ Passchendaele Canadian Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyne Cot Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	controversial Allied strategy ⓘ high casualty rates for minimal advances ⓘ horrific mud ⓘ
objective	break through German lines in Flanders ⓘ capture Passchendaele Ridge ⓘ reach Belgian coast and German submarine bases ⓘ
opponent	Allied Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Messines (1917) NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
startDate	1917-07-31 ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
year	1917 ⓘ