Third Army (United Kingdom)

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British Army formation field army

The Third Army (United Kingdom) was a major British field army of the First World War that played a key role on the Western Front under commanders such as General Julian Byng.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
British Third Army	7
Third Army (British Army)	2
Third Army (United Kingdom) canonical	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army formation ⓘ field army ⓘ
allegiance	British Empire ⓘ
associatedWith	Edmund Allenby ⓘ Julian Byng ⓘ William Birdwood ⓘ
belligerent	Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ surface form: Allies of World War I
branch	British Army ⓘ
commandStructure	army-level formation ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
engagement	Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ Battle of Cambrai ⓘ surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917) Battle of the Somme ⓘ German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ surface form: German Spring Offensive Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
era	World War I ⓘ
front	Western Front ⓘ
garrisonLocation	Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front (wartime deployment)
higherCommand	British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
militaryBranch	Army ⓘ
militaryRole	front-line combat formation ⓘ
notableAction	participation in large-scale trench warfare ⓘ
notableCommander	Edmund Allenby ⓘ surface form: Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby Julian Byng ⓘ surface form: Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy William Birdwood ⓘ surface form: William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood
notableCommanderRank	General ⓘ
notableFor	major role in British operations in France and Belgium during World War I ⓘ use of tanks at the Battle of Cambrai (1917) ⓘ
opponent	German Empire ⓘ
partOf	British Army ⓘ
role	defensive operations on the Western Front ⓘ offensive operations on the Western Front ⓘ
serviceBranch	Land forces ⓘ
theatreOfOperations	Western Front ⓘ
type	field army ⓘ
usedEquipment	artillery ⓘ cavalry formations ⓘ infantry formations ⓘ tanks ⓘ