Battle of Albert (1918)

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battle military offensive

The Battle of Albert (1918) was a key early Allied offensive on the Western Front that helped initiate the collapse of German forces during the final phase of World War I.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Albert (1918) canonical 3
Battle of Albert (Somme) 1918 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Albert (1918) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Albert (Somme) 1918

Third Battle of Albert ⓘ
belligerent Australia ⓘ
Dominion of Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
campaign Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Final Allied offensives of World War I
commander Arthur Currie ⓘ
Douglas Haig ⓘ
Ferdinand Foch ⓘ
Henry Rawlinson ⓘ
Julian Byng ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country France ⓘ
date August 1918 ⓘ
endDate 1918-08-23 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of the Scarpe (1918) ⓘ
Second Battle of Bapaume (1918) ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
hasPreviousHomonymousEvent Battle of Albert (1914) ⓘ
Battle of Albert (1916) ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 1910s ⓘ
involves Australian Corps ⓘ
British Fourth Army ⓘ
Third Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: British Third Army

Canadian Corps ⓘ
French First Army ⓘ
location near Albert, Somme, France ⓘ
namedAfter Albert, Somme ⓘ
objective to exploit German weakness after the Battle of Amiens ⓘ
to push German forces back on the Somme front ⓘ
opposingCommander Georg von der Marwitz ⓘ
partOf Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Allied Hundred Days campaign

Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front of World War I
precededBy Battle of Amiens (1918) ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
significance contributed to breaking the Hindenburg Line defenses ⓘ
helped initiate the collapse of German forces in 1918 ⓘ
marked the resumption of large-scale Allied attacks after Amiens ⓘ
startDate 1918-08-21 ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War I ⓘ
used aircraft ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
tanks ⓘ

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

Hundred Days Offensive → notableBattle → Battle of Albert (1918) ⓘ
Battle of Amiens (1918) → followedBy → Battle of Albert (1918) ⓘ
Second Battle of the Somme (1918) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Albert (1918) ⓘ
Battle of Albert (1918) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Albert (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Albert (Somme) 1918