Operation Hush
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Operation Hush was a planned but never executed British World War I amphibious assault on the Belgian coast intended to support a breakthrough in Flanders.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British military operation
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World War I operation ⓘ planned military operation ⓘ |
| belligerent | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codename | Operation Hush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| goal |
to conduct an amphibious landing on the Belgian coast
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to support a breakthrough in Flanders ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | example of unexecuted amphibious planning in World War I ⓘ |
| intendedForces |
British Expeditionary Force
NERFINISHED
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Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedLandingArea | Nieuwpoort sector of the Belgian coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedTactic | combined land and sea assault ⓘ |
| location |
Belgian coast
NERFINISHED
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Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nature | amphibious assault ⓘ |
| opponent | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outcome | operation cancelled ⓘ |
| partOf | British operations on the Western Front ⓘ |
| plannedBy |
British Admiralty
NERFINISHED
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British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plannedSupport | coastal bombardment by naval guns ⓘ |
| reasonForCancellation |
German countermeasures on the Belgian coast
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failure to achieve rapid breakthrough at Ypres ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Third Battle of Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | planned but never executed ⓘ |
| theatre | Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1917 ⓘ |
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