Western Front

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front theater of war

The Western Front was the main area of conflict in Western Europe during World War II, where Allied forces fought against Nazi Germany from the invasion of France to the final push into Germany.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Western Front canonical	139
Western Front of World War II	78
Western Front (World War II)	38
Western Front in World War II	6
World War II Western Front	2
Allied Western Front in Europe	1
Allied forces on the Western Front	1
Western European Front (World War II)	1
Western Front (1944–1945)	1
Western Front (World War I)	1
Western Front after 1944	1
Western Front against the Allies	1
Western Front area	1
Western Front in Europe	1
Western Front in the Second World War	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	front ⓘ theater of war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western European Front (World War II)
belligerent	Belgium ⓘ Canada ⓘ Czechoslovak government-in-exile ⓘ France ⓘ Free French Forces ⓘ Italy (1943–1945, co-belligerent with Allies) ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Norway ⓘ Poland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Belgium ⓘ Canada ⓘ Czechoslovakia ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Italy ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Norway ⓘ Poland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distinctFrom	Western Front self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Western Front (World War I)
endDate	1945 ⓘ
geographicScope	Belgium ⓘ English Channel ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ North Sea ⓘ
locatedIn	Western Europe ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Britain ⓘ surface form: Battle of Britain (air component affecting Western Front) Battle of France ⓘ Operation Overlord ⓘ surface form: Battle of Normandy Battle of the Bulge ⓘ Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ Dieppe Raid ⓘ Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ surface form: Dunkirk evacuation Battle of France ⓘ surface form: Fall of France Invasion of Poland ⓘ surface form: German invasion of Poland Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign (overlapping with Western Allies operations) Liberation of Paris ⓘ D-Day ⓘ surface form: Normandy landings Operation Cobra ⓘ Operation Market Garden ⓘ Operation Neptune ⓘ Operation Nordwind ⓘ Operation Overlord ⓘ Phoney War ⓘ Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ surface form: Remagen bridgehead Ruhr Pocket ⓘ German Instrument of Surrender ⓘ surface form: Surrender of German forces in the West Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ
opponent	Waffen-SS ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf	European theatre of World War II ⓘ
result	Defeat of Nazi Germany in Western Europe ⓘ Liberation of Belgium ⓘ Liberation of France ⓘ Liberation of Luxembourg ⓘ Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ surface form: Occupation of western Germany by Allied forces
startDate	1939 ⓘ

Referenced by (273)

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

European theatre of World War II → campaign → Western Front ⓘ

D-Day → theaterOfWar → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Phoney War → theatre → Western Front ⓘ

Operation Market Garden → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force → theaterOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

Battle of the Bulge → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Battle of the Bulge → location → Western Front ⓘ

Battle of the Bulge → front → Western Front ⓘ

ETO → frontType → Western Front ⓘ

subject surface form: European Theater of Operations

Bore War → hasContext → Western Front ⓘ

Jagdgeschwader 26 → theater → Western Front ⓘ

Jagdgeschwader 26 → front → Western Front ⓘ

Free French Forces → participatedIn → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front (World War II)

Gold Beach → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Western Front → alsoKnownAs → Western Front ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)

this entity surface form: Western European Front (World War II)

Western Front → distinctFrom → Western Front self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)

this entity surface form: Western Front (World War I)

Battle of France → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Battle of France → front → Western Front ⓘ

Allied Naval Expeditionary Force → theater → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front (World War II)

Sitzkrieg → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade → theaterOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

Battle of Dunkirk → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Kampfgeschwader 53 → operationalTheater → Western Front ⓘ

Juno Beach → theatreOfWar → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Operation Sea Lion → theatre → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Operation Plunder → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Operation Plunder → front → Western Front ⓘ

Elsenborn Ridge → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Saar Offensive → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

eastern France → historicalEvent → Western Front ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern France

this entity surface form: World War II Western Front

Operation Goodwood → theatre → Western Front ⓘ

12th Army Group → front → Western Front ⓘ

Western Allied invasion of Germany → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

7th Panzer Division → theater → Western Front ⓘ

Walter Bedell Smith → participantIn → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front (World War II)

JG 26 → theater → Western Front ⓘ

Operation Crossbow → theaterOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 → firstOperationalUse → Western Front ⓘ

French First Army → theater → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front (World War II)

Gold → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Utah Beach → battleTheater → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front (World War II)

Westwall → partOfConflict → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Operation Overlord → theater → Western Front ⓘ

Heinkel He 177 → operationalUse → Western Front ⓘ

Oberbefehlshaber West (Commander-in-Chief West) → appliesToJurisdiction → Western Front ⓘ

subject surface form: Oberbefehlshaber West

Omaha Beach → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando → theaterOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front (World War II)

Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque → conflict → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front (World War II)

Operation Cobra → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Operation Cobra → front → Western Front ⓘ