Battle of Cambrai

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First World War battle battle

The Battle of Cambrai was a major First World War engagement in 1917 notable for the first large-scale, effective use of tanks by the British Army against German defenses on the Western Front.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Cambrai (1917) 18
Battle of Cambrai canonical 5
Battle of Cambrai (1918) 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First World War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Cambrai 1917
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses tens of thousands on each side ⓘ
combatantCommander Georg von der Marwitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Julian Byng ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War
countryInvolved Canada ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
India ⓘ
Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
surface form: Newfoundland

United Kingdom ⓘ
date 1917 ⓘ
endDate 1917-12-07 ⓘ
followedBy German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
surface form: German spring offensive
front Western Front ⓘ
hasParticipant British Army ⓘ
German Army ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1910s ⓘ
involvedMilitaryUnit Third Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: British Third Army

Imperial German Army Air Service ⓘ
surface form: German Luftstreitkräfte

German Second Army ⓘ
Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
Royal Tank Regiment ⓘ
surface form: Tank Corps (British Army)
location Nord department ⓘ
surface form: Nord department, France
notableFor first large-scale effective use of tanks ⓘ
surprise tank attack without preliminary artillery bombardment ⓘ
use of combined arms tactics ⓘ
objective break through the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
opponentDefensiveLine Hindenburg Line ⓘ
partOf World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War
place near Cambrai, France ⓘ
precededBy Third Battle of Ypres ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
significance demonstrated potential of armored warfare ⓘ
influenced later tank tactics in the 20th century ⓘ
startDate 1917-11-20 ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War I ⓘ
usedTactic combined arms coordination of tanks, infantry, artillery, and aircraft ⓘ
creeping barrage ⓘ
predicted artillery fire ⓘ
usedWeapon Mark IV tank ⓘ
field artillery ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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51st (Highland) Division → battleHonour → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
51st (Highland) Division → battleHonour → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Australian Flying Corps → notableBattle → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
CEF → notableEngagement → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
subject surface form: Canadian Expeditionary Force
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1918)
British High Command on the Western Front → notableBattleDirected → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Arthur Currie → battle → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1918)
2nd Canadian Division → engagement → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1918)
3rd Canadian Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1918)
Julian Byng → notableEvent → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
European theatre of World War I → hasPart → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Cambrai 1917 → hasName → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
Cambrai 1917 → hasAlternativeName → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Cambrai Day → commemorates → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
Cambrai Day → relatedTo → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Cambrai → historicalEvent → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Royal Naval Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Battle of Cambrai → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai 1917
II Corps (British Army) → notableEvent → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Canadian Cavalry Brigade → notableEngagement → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
Third Army (United Kingdom) → engagement → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
British air services in World War I → notableEvent → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Ypres 1917 → followedBy → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Battle of Courcelette → hasCategory → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tank battles of World War I
No. 2 Squadron AFC → notableOperation → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
Herbert Plumer → notableBattle → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
51st (Highland) Infantry Division → engagement → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Battle of Cambrai (1918) → distinctFrom → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
56th (London) Infantry Division → engagement → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Newfoundland Regiment → notableEngagement → Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)