Fifth Battle of Ypres facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Fifth Battle of Ypres
Part of the Western Front of the First World War
Map of the final Allied offensives on the Western Front, 1918
Date 28 September – 2 October 1918 Location Ypres, Belgium to Ghent, Belgium 50°54′1″N 3°1′16″E / 50.90028°N 3.02111°E / 50.90028; 3.02111 (Passchendaele (Passendale)) Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Belgium United Kingdom France  United States  Canada	German Empire Bavaria  Prussia
Commanders and leaders
King Albert I Herbert Plumer Jean Degoutte	Erich Ludendorff Crown Prince Rupprecht Sixt von Armin
Strength
28 divisions	16 divisions
Casualties and losses
4,685 4,500  Canada 200	10,000 POW 300 guns 600 machine guns

The Fifth Battle of Ypres, also called the Advance of Flanders and the Battle of the Peaks of Flanders (French: Bataille des Crêtes de Flandres) is an informal name used to identify a series of battles in northern France and southern Belgium from late September to October 1918.