Battle of the Somme

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World War I battle battle

The Battle of the Somme was a major and notoriously bloody 1916 World War I offensive on the Western Front, remembered for its massive casualties and limited territorial gains.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of the Somme canonical	93
Somme 1916	6
Somme Offensive	4
Battle of the Somme (1916)	3
Somme offensive	3
Somme, 1916	2
1916 Somme offensive	1
Battle of the Somme (nearby)	1
Battle of the Somme 1916	1
Battle of the Somme centenary	1
Battles of the Somme	1
First Battle of the Somme	1
Somme campaign	1
Somme offensive of 1916	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of the Somme ⓘ surface form: Somme Offensive
belligerent	British Empire ⓘ French Third Republic ⓘ German Empire ⓘ
commander	Douglas Haig ⓘ Ferdinand Foch ⓘ Fritz von Below ⓘ Henry Rawlinson ⓘ Max von Gallwitz ⓘ
conflictIn	World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved	France ⓘ German Empire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfFirstTankUse	1916-09-15 ⓘ
endDate	1916-11-18 ⓘ
firstDayCasualtiesApproximate	57000 British casualties ⓘ
firstDayKilledApproximate	19000 British killed ⓘ
firstUseOf	tanks by the British Army ⓘ
front	Western Front ⓘ
historicalReputation	one of the bloodiest battles in history ⓘ symbol of World War I futility ⓘ
location	Somme, France ⓘ
memorial	Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial ⓘ Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme ⓘ
notableFor	extremely high casualties ⓘ first day heavy British losses ⓘ first large-scale use of tanks ⓘ limited territorial gains ⓘ
objective	break through German lines ⓘ relieve pressure on Verdun ⓘ
operationName	Battle of the Somme self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Somme Offensive
partOf	Western Front ⓘ
region	Hauts-de-France ⓘ surface form: Picardy
result	Allied tactical gains ⓘ inconclusive ⓘ
river	Somme River ⓘ
startDate	1916-07-01 ⓘ
strategicContext	to support French forces at Verdun ⓘ to wear down German army ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of World War I ⓘ
totalCasualtiesApproximate	over 1000000 casualties ⓘ
typeOfWarfare	trench warfare ⓘ
usedWeapon	artillery ⓘ machine guns ⓘ poison gas ⓘ rifles ⓘ tanks ⓘ
year	1916 ⓘ

Referenced by (119)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World War I → notableBattle → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Canadian Expeditionary Force → engagement → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Battle of the Somme → operationName → Battle of the Somme self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somme Offensive

Battle of the Somme → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somme Offensive

Miles Dempsey → participatedIn → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

French First Army → engagement → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Lord Gort → battle → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Battle of Verdun → followedBy → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Coldstream Guards → battleHonour → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somme 1916

Scots Guards → battleHonour → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somme 1916

Irish Guards → battleHonour → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somme 1916

Welsh Guards → battleHonour → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somme 1916

Ferdinand Foch → participatedIn → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Bernard Freyberg → conflict → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

51st (Highland) Division → battleHonour → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Somme (1916)

Western Front → notableBattle → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Front (World War I)

Middlesex Regiment → battleHonour → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somme 1916

Royal Scots → battleHonours → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somme 1916

British Commonwealth forces → conflict → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

CEF → notableEngagement → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

subject surface form: Canadian Expeditionary Force

1st Canadian Division → notableEngagement → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Canadian Machine Gun Corps → engagement → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

British High Command on the Western Front → notableBattleDirected → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

2nd Canadian Division → engagement → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Canadian Corps → notableBattle → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Canadian Corps → engagement → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Somme 1916

3rd Canadian Division → notableEngagement → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Canadian Railway Troops → notableEngagement → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

4th Canadian Division → participatedIn → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

VIII Corps (United Kingdom) → notableEngagement → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Battle of Arras (1917) → precededBy → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Somme, France → knownFor → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

subject surface form: Somme

Henry Rawlinson → notableBattle → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

European theatre of World War I → hasPart → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme → commemorates → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial → commemorates → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

German Supreme Command → directedOperation → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

French II Corps → notableEngagement → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

1st Division (Australia) → notableEngagement → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Somme River → notableFor → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Somme River → notableEventLocation → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Somme River → battleOccurredOnBanks → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Australian and New Zealand Army Corps → engagement → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somme offensive

Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps → engagement → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Bavarian Army → notableEngagement → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Robert Nivelle → battle → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Loyal Edmonton Regiment → battleHonour → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somme, 1916

Fritz von Below → notableBattle → Battle of the Somme ⓘ

Royal Naval Division → notableEngagement → Battle of the Somme ⓘ