Battle of Arras (1918)

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World War I battle battle

The Battle of Arras (1918) was a late-World War I Allied offensive on the Western Front, part of the Hundred Days Offensive that helped break German lines and hasten the end of the war.

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Label Occurrences
Arras, 1918 1
Battle of Arras (1918) canonical 1
Battle of Arras, 1918 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
aimedAt pushing German forces back towards the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Arras (1918) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Arras, 1918

Battle of Arras (1918) ⓘ
surface form: Second Battle of Arras (1918)
belligerent Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ
surface form: Allied Powers

German Empire ⓘ
campaign Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Hundred Days campaign
chronology late World War I offensive ⓘ
commander Arthur Currie ⓘ
Georg von der Marwitz ⓘ
Henry Horne ⓘ
Julian Byng ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved Canada ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
date 1918-08-26 ⓘ
endDate 1918-09-03 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
hasCategory 1918 in France ⓘ
Battles of World War I involving Canada ⓘ
Battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom ⓘ
Battles of the Western Front (World War I) ⓘ
location Arras ⓘ
France ⓘ
Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
notableUnit Third Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: British Third Army

Canadian Corps ⓘ
objective to break German defensive lines near Arras ⓘ
to support the overall Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
opponentUnit German 17th Army ⓘ
surface form: German Seventeenth Army
partOf Allied offensives of 1918 ⓘ
Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front (World War I)
precededBy Battle of Amiens (1918) ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
startDate 1918-08-26 ⓘ
strategicSignificance contributed to the collapse of German defensive positions in late 1918 ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War I ⓘ
used aircraft ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
tanks ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

2nd Canadian Division → engagement → Battle of Arras (1918) ⓘ
Canadian Scottish Regiment → battleHonour → Battle of Arras (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arras, 1918
Battle of Arras (1918) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Arras (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Arras (1918)
Battle of Arras (1918) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Arras (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Arras, 1918