✦ History

Battle of Passchendaele

July 31 – November 10, 1917

Third Battle of Ypres; iconic attritional battle of the Western Front.

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Battles 6

July 31 – August 2, 1917
Battle of Pilckem Ridge Anglo-French victory Ypres Salient Erich Ludendorff, Hubert Gough, Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
September 20–26, 1917
Battle of the Menin Road Ridge British victory Belgium Erich Ludendorff, Hubert Gough, Friedrich Sixt von Armin
September 26–27, 1917
Battle of Polygon Wood British victory Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke Erich Ludendorff, Hubert Gough, Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
October 9, 1917
Battle of Poelcappelle Inconclusive Flanders Erich Ludendorff, Hubert Gough, Friedrich Sixt von Armin
October 12, 1917
First Battle of Passchendaele German victory Passendale Erich Ludendorff, Hubert Gough, Friedrich Sixt von Armin
October 26 – November 10, 1917
Second Battle of Passchendaele Allied victory Passendale Hubert Gough, Friedrich Sixt von Armin, Arthur Currie

Key commanders

Central Powers 3

Erich Ludendorff military commander Friedrich Sixt von Armin military commander Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria military commander

Allies 4

Hubert Gough military commander Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer military commander Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig military commander Arthur Currie military commander