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.

Wilhelm Bittrich → participatedIn → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Operation Lüttich → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Commander-in-Chief Luftflotte 2 → theaterOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

Operation Nordwind → theater → Western Front ⓘ

Hürtgen Forest → partOfMilitaryCampaign → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Waffen-SS → theatreOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

Battle of Sedan (1940) → theater → Western Front ⓘ

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

Hugo Sperrle → participantIn → Western Front ⓘ

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

German 716th Infantry Division → theatre → Western Front ⓘ

subject surface form: 716th Infantry Division

Crossing of the Rhine → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Crossing of the Rhine → front → Western Front ⓘ

Liberation of Paris → theater → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Günther Rall → theaterOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

Manstein Plan → theater → Western Front ⓘ

German Cross in Gold → awardedForTheater → Western Front ⓘ

Italian invasion of France → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Operation Garden → front → Western Front ⓘ

Liberation of France → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Army Group B → theaterOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

Liberation of the Netherlands → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Liberation of Belgium → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Dieppe Raid → theater → Western Front ⓘ

Battle of Aachen → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Battle of Aachen → front → Western Front ⓘ

Josef Priller → theaterOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

Liberation of Luxembourg → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Ruhr Pocket → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Drôle de guerre → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Polish Armed Forces in the West → theaterOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

Fairey Battle → usedInTheatre → Western Front ⓘ

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

No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron → theatreOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

German occupation of Dunkirk → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Walther von Brauchitsch → participatedIn → Western Front ⓘ

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

German Army Group G → theater → Western Front ⓘ

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

British Expeditionary Force → theatre → Western Front ⓘ

subject surface form: British Expeditionary Force (World War II)

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

88 mm Flak gun → notableUseTheater → Western Front ⓘ

JG 52 → theater → Western Front ⓘ

Case Yellow → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

OKH → conflict → Western Front ⓘ

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

Gerhard Barkhorn → theaterOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

Red Devils → associatedWith → Western Front ⓘ

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

Operation Biting (Bruneval Raid support lineage) → theatre → Western Front ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Biting

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

RAF Second Tactical Air Force → theaterOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

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

Unternehmen Seelöwe → militaryTheater → Western Front ⓘ

Walter Krupinski → theaterOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

Operation Millennium → theatreOfWar → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War II

Battle of Berlin (air campaign) → campaignTheatre → Western Front ⓘ

Panzer IV tanks → usedOnFront → Western Front ⓘ

subject surface form: Panzer IV

British Second Army → front → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front in World War II

First Canadian Army → theatre → Western Front ⓘ

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