Battle of the Hindenburg Line

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World War I battle battle

The Battle of the Hindenburg Line was a major World War I Allied offensive in late 1918 that broke through Germany’s strongest defensive fortifications on the Western Front, hastening the end of the war.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Battle of the Hindenburg Line canonical 5
Hindenburg Line offensive 1
battles of the Hindenburg Line 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the St Quentin Canal ⓘ
belligerent Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ
surface form: Allied Powers
campaign Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Final Allied offensives of World War I
commanderAllied George Read ⓘ
Henry Rawlinson ⓘ
Sir John Monash ⓘ
surface form: John Monash
commanderGerman Georg von der Marwitz ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1918-09-29 ⓘ
defensiveLine Hindenburg Line ⓘ
description major Allied offensive that broke through Germany’s strongest defensive fortifications on the Western Front ⓘ
effect hastened the end of World War I ⓘ
endDate 1918-10-10 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Cambrai (1918) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Cambrai 1918
fortificationTypeAssaulted deep defensive zone with concrete bunkers and barbed wire ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
location near Cambrai ⓘ
near Saint-Quentin ⓘ
northern France ⓘ
notableParticipation American Expeditionary Forces ⓘ
Australian Corps ⓘ
British Fourth Army ⓘ
objective breach the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
opposingForce German Army ⓘ
partOf Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Épehy ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
significance contributed to German request for armistice ⓘ
decisive breach of German defensive system ⓘ
startDate 1918-09-29 ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War I ⓘ
usedTactic combined arms assault ⓘ
creeping barrage ⓘ
infantry-tank cooperation ⓘ
year 1918 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Hundred Days Offensive → notableBattle → Battle of the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
27th Infantry Division (United States) → engagement → Battle of the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
Second Battle of the Somme (1918) → followedBy → Battle of the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
Empire Division → notableEngagement → Battle of the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
subject surface form: 27th Infantry Division
Battle of Arras (1918) → followedBy → Battle of the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
Battle of Bullecourt (1917) → partOf → Battle of the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: battles of the Hindenburg Line
Australian Corps → engagement → Battle of the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindenburg Line offensive