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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I battle → battle →
alsoKnownAs	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	Somme Offensive →
partOf	Western Front →
region	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 (45)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
51st (Highland) Division → 51st (Highland) Division ("Battle of the Somme (1916)") → Coldstream Guards ("Somme 1916") → Irish Guards ("Somme 1916") → Middlesex Regiment ("Somme 1916") → Scots Guards ("Somme 1916") → Welsh Guards ("Somme 1916") →	battleHonour
2nd Canadian Division → Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ("Somme offensive") → Canadian Corps ("Battle of the Somme 1916") → Canadian Expeditionary Force → Canadian Machine Gun Corps → French First Army → Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps →	engagement
1st Canadian Division → 1st Division (Australia) → 3rd Canadian Division → Canadian Expeditionary Force → Canadian Railway Troops → French II Corps → VIII Corps (United Kingdom) →	notableEngagement
Canadian Corps → Henry Rawlinson → Western Front (World War I) → World War I →	notableBattle
4th Canadian Division → Ferdinand Foch → Miles Dempsey →	participatedIn
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial → Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme →	commemorates
Bernard Freyberg → British Commonwealth forces →	conflict
Battle of the Somme ("Somme Offensive") →	alsoKnownAs
Lord Gort →	battle
Royal Scots ("Somme 1916") →	battleHonours
Somme River →	battleOccurredOnBanks
German Supreme Command →	directedOperation
Battle of Verdun →	followedBy
European theatre of World War I →	hasPart
Somme →	knownFor
British High Command on the Western Front →	notableBattleDirected
Somme River →	notableEventLocation
Somme River →	notableFor
Battle of the Somme ("Somme Offensive") →	operationName
Battle of Arras (1917) →	precededBy