What is Battle of Passchendaele?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Battle of Passchendaele<br/>''Third Battle of Ypres'' | partof = the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] of the [[First World War]] | image = Chateau Wood Ypres 1917.jpg | caption = Australian soldiers on a [[duckboard]] track in Château Wood near Hooge, 29 October 1917. Photo by [[Frank Hurley]]. | date = 31 July – 6 November 1917 | place = {{coord|50|54|1|N|3|1|16|E}} | combatant1 = {{clist|bullets=y|title={{flag|British Empire}} |{{flagcountry|size=23px|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} |{{flagcountry|size=23px|Canada|1907}} |{{flagcountry|size=23px|Australia}} |{{flagcountry|size=23px|Dominion of New Zealand}} |{{flagcountry|size=23px|Union of South Africa|1912}} |{{flagcountry|size=23px|British Raj}} |{{flagcountry|size=23px|Dominion of Newfoundland}} |{{flagdeco|size=21px|Southern Rhodesia|1890}} [[Company rule in Rhodesia|Rhodesia]]}} {{flagcountry|French Third Republic}}<br />{{flag|Belgium}} | combatant2 = {{flag|German Empire}} | commander1 = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig|Douglas Haig]]<br/>{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Hubert Gough]]<br/>{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer|Herbert Plumer]] <br/>{{flagicon|Canada|1868}} [[Arthur Currie]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[John Monash]]<br/>{{flagicon|French Third Republic}} [[François Anthoine]] | commander2 = {{flagicon|German Empire}} [[Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin|Friedrich Sixt von Armin]]<br/> {{flagicon|German Empire}} [[Erich Ludendorff]] | strength1 = | strength2 = | casualties1 = 200,000 – 448,614 | casualties2 = 260,400 – 400,000 }} {{campaignbox Passchendaele}} {{campaignbox Western Front (World War I)}} The '''Battle of Passchendaele'''{{#tag:ref|'''Battle of Passchendaele''' is the most-used name for the campaign in English, but is not used everywhere. '''Third Battle of Ypres''' was the name used by the British Official History of the First World War. The G