Battle of Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres) Part of the Western Front of the First World War Australian gunners on a duckboard track in Château Wood near Hooge, 29 October 1917. Photo by Frank Hurley Date 31 July -- 10 November 1917 (3 months, 1 week and 3 days) Location Passendale, Belgium 50 ° 54 ′ 1 '' N 3 ° 1 ′ 16 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 50.90028 ° N 3.02111 ° E ﻿ / 50.90028; 3.02111 ﻿ (Passendale) Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 1 '' N 3 ° 1 ′ 16 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 50.90028 ° N 3.02111 ° E ﻿ / 50.90028; 3.02111 ﻿ (Passendale) Result See Analysis section Belligerents British Empire Australia Canada India Newfoundland New Zealand South Africa United Kingdom France Belgium German Empire Commanders and leaders Douglas Haig Hubert Gough Herbert Plumer François Anthoine Louis Ruquoy Erich Ludendorff Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria Friedrich Sixt von Armin Strength 50 divisions 6 divisions 77 -- 83 divisions Casualties and losses 200,000 -- 448,614 (disputed, see Casualties section) 217,000 -- 410,000 including 24,065 prisoners (disputed, see Casualties section) Passchendaele Passchendaele (Passendale) a Belgian village in the Zonnebeke municipality of West Flanders province.
when did the battle of passchendaele take place
31 July -- 10 November 1917