Second Battle of the Somme (1918)

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World War I battle battle military offensive

The Second Battle of the Somme (1918) was a major Allied offensive on the Western Front in World War I that helped break German lines and contributed significantly to the final collapse of the German war effort.

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Label	Occurrences
Second Battle of the Somme (1918) canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I battle ⓘ battle ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Albert (1918) ⓘ Second Battle of the Somme ⓘ
belligerent	France ⓘ German Empire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
campaign	Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ surface form: Hundred Days Campaign
caused	retreat of German forces on the Somme ⓘ
commander	Douglas Haig ⓘ Georg von der Marwitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Rawlinson ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
contributedTo	Armistice of 11 November 1918 ⓘ surface form: eventual Armistice of 11 November 1918 final Allied advance of 1918 ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
endDate	1918-09-03 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
front	Western Front ⓘ
frontLength	approximately 15 miles ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late World War I ⓘ
involves	American Expeditionary Forces ⓘ British Expeditionary Force ⓘ French Army ⓘ
location	Somme, France ⓘ
notableFor	contribution to collapse of German war effort ⓘ significant Allied territorial gains ⓘ use of combined arms tactics ⓘ
objective	to break German lines on the Somme sector ⓘ to push German forces back towards the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
partOf	Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front (World War I)
precededBy	German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ surface form: German Spring Offensive
primaryOpposingForce	German 2nd Army ⓘ
relatedTo	Battle of the Somme ⓘ surface form: First Battle of the Somme
result	Allied victory ⓘ
side	Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ surface form: Allies of World War I Central Powers ⓘ
significance	marked turning point in final phase of Western Front fighting ⓘ
startDate	1918-08-21 ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of World War I ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	offensive operation ⓘ
used	air support ⓘ artillery barrages ⓘ tanks ⓘ
year	1918 ⓘ

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

Hundred Days Offensive → notableBattle → Second Battle of the Somme (1918) ⓘ

Amiens 1918 → followedBy → Second Battle of the Somme (1918) ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Amiens (1918)