Arras Offensive

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battle of World War I military offensive

The Arras Offensive was a major British-led Allied attack on the Western Front in April–May 1917, intended to break through German lines near the French city of Arras during World War I.

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Label Occurrences
Arras Offensive (1917) 3
Arras Offensive canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of World War I ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
belligerent Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
island of Newfoundland ⓘ
surface form: Newfoundland

South Africa ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
commander Douglas Haig ⓘ
Edmund Allenby ⓘ
Julian Byng ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
surface form: Newfoundland

South Africa ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
endDate 1917-05-16 ⓘ
followedBy Third Battle of Ypres ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
location Arras ⓘ
France ⓘ
Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Arleux ⓘ
Battle of Bullecourt (1917) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Bullecourt

Battle of Vimy Ridge ⓘ
First Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ
Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ
Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ
objective break through German defensive lines ⓘ
support the French Nivelle Offensive on the Aisne ⓘ
opposingBelligerent German Empire ⓘ
opposingCommander Fritz von Below ⓘ
Ludwig von Falkenhausen ⓘ
partOf Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front of World War I
precededBy Battle of the Somme ⓘ
result strategic stalemate ⓘ
tactical Allied victory ⓘ
startDate 1917-04-09 ⓘ
usedTactic creeping barrage ⓘ
tunnel warfare ⓘ
usedTechnology artillery spotting aircraft ⓘ
improved artillery techniques ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Battle of Vimy Ridge → front → Arras Offensive ⓘ
Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) → partOf → Arras Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arras Offensive (1917)
Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917) → campaign → Arras Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arras Offensive (1917)
Battle of Bullecourt (1917) → partOf → Arras Offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arras Offensive (1917)