Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:battle
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Battle_of_Passchendaele
gptkbp:casualties	hundreds of thousands
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:British_Empire gptkb:France gptkb:Germany gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Douglas_Haig gptkb:Erich_Ludendorff gptkb:Ferdinand_Foch gptkb:Herbert_Plumer gptkb:Crown_Prince_Rupprecht
gptkbp:endDate	10 November 1917
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Cambrai_(1917)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Ypres,_Belgium
gptkbp:mainTheater	gptkb:Western_Front
gptkbp:memorial	gptkb:Passchendaele_Canadian_Memorial gptkb:Tyne_Cot_Cemetery gptkb:Menin_Gate
gptkbp:notableEvent	extensive use of artillery high casualties heavy rain and mud
gptkbp:objective	capture Passchendaele Ridge
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Messines
gptkbp:result	Indecisive
gptkbp:significance	symbol of futility of trench warfare
gptkbp:startDate	31 July 1917
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ypres,_Belgium gptkb:Allied_forces_in_Flanders
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6