Second Battle of Passchendaele

Second Battle of Passchendaele
Part of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War
Canadian troops carry a wounded man to the aid post.
Date 26 October – 10 November 1917 Location Passendale, Belgium Coordinates: 50°54′1″N 3°1′16″E / 50.90028°N 3.02111°E / 50.90028; 3.02111 Result Allied Victory
Belligerents
British Empire  Australia  Canada  United Kingdom France Belgium	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Herbert Plumer Hubert Gough Arthur Currie François Anthoine Louis Ruquoy	Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin
Strength
4 Canadian divisions 6 British divisions 1 Australian division 2 French divisions 1 Belgian division	6 divisions
Casualties and losses
15,654 Canadian c. 15,000 other	21–31 October: 20,500 1–10 November: 9,500
German casualties from 11 November – 31 December: 15,000

 British Empire

France

The Second Battle of Passchendaele was the culminating attack during the Third Battle of Ypres of the First World War. The battle took place in the Ypres Salient area of the Western Front, in and around the Belgian village of Passchendaele, between 26 October and 10 November 1917. The Canadian Corps relieved the exhausted II Anzac Corps, continuing the advance started with the First Battle of Passchendaele and ultimately capturing the village. Beyond gaining favourable observation positions, the battle was intended to gain drier winter positions on higher ground.

The assault position was directly south of the inter-army boundary between the British Fifth and Second Armies. As a result, the Canadian Corps was to attack with support of formations from the British Fifth Army to the north and the I Anzac Corps and X Corps to the south. The offensive was executed in a series of attacks each with limited objectives, delivered at intervals of three or more days. The execution dates of the phases were tentatively given as 26 October, 30 October and 6 November with a final smaller action on 10 November. To permit time to facilitate inter-divisional relief, there was a planned seven-day pause between the second and third stages, during which the Second Army took over the XVIII Corps area of the Fifth Army, north of the Canadian Corps with the II Corps on 2 November, to assure unity of command over the central part of the attack front.

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