Western Front

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The Western Front was the main European theater of combat in World War I, characterized by trench warfare stretching from the North Sea to the Swiss border.


Statements (59)
Predicate Object
instanceOf front (military)
theater of war
casualtiesEstimate millions of military and civilian casualties
characterizedBy artillery bombardments
barbed wire defenses
chemical weapons
machine gun fire
no man's land
stalemate
trench warfare
war of attrition
conflict World War I
countryInvolved Australia
Belgium
British India
Canada
China
Czechoslovak Legion
France
German Empire
Italy
Kingdom of Greece
Kingdom of Romania
Kingdom of Serbia
Luxembourg
New Zealand
Ottoman Empire (limited involvement)
Portugal
Russian Empire
Siam
South Africa
United Kingdom
United States
endedWith Armistice of 11 November 1918
endPoint Swiss border
endTime 1918
frontLength approximately 700 kilometers
frontType continuous fortified line
geographicalArea Belgium
Luxembourg
northern France
western Germany
locatedIn Western Europe
mainBelligerentAlliance Allies of World War I
Central Powers
notableBattle Battle of Passchendaele
Battle of Verdun
Battle of the Somme
First Battle of Ypres
First Battle of the Marne
Hundred Days Offensive
Second Battle of Ypres
Spring Offensive (1918)
notableFeature Hindenburg Line
Maginot Line (later associated region, not WWI fortification)
partOf European theatre of World War I
startPoint North Sea
startTime 1914
strategicImportance decisive front for outcome of World War I

Referenced by (139)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
4th Canadian Division ("Western Front in France")
4th Canadian Division ("Western Front in Belgium")
Army of the Rhine ("Western Front (Rhine)")
Battle of Arras (1917)
Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge
Battle of Jutland ("Western Front naval theatre")
Battle of Mons
Battle of Soissons
Battle of Verdun
Battle of the Ardennes (1914) ("Franco-German front")
Battle of the Somme
Capture of Cologne
First Battle of the Marne
Fort Douaumont
French First Army Group
German Volksgrenadier divisions
Gordon Gollob
KG 53
Operation Kutuzov
Quentin Roosevelt
Second Battle of the Marne
U.S. Ninth Army
World War I
front
2nd Canadian Division
3rd British Infantry Division ("Western Front (World War I)")
3rd Canadian Division
Australian Flying Corps
Canadian Corps
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
No. 11 Squadron RAF
No. 3 Squadron Australian Flying Corps
No. 41 Squadron RAF
Operation Epsom
RNAS Dunkirk
VIII Corps (United Kingdom)
theatre
1st Canadian Division ("Western Front (First World War)")
4th Canadian Division
8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry ("Western Front (First World War)")
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division ("Western Front (First World War)")
British High Command on the Western Front
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Canadian Railway Troops
Raymond Collishaw
Royal Flying Corps
theatreOfOperations
Battle of Arras (1917) ("Western Front (World War I)")
Battle of Passchendaele ("Western Front of World War I")
Battle of Soissons
Battle of Verdun
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Battle of the Somme
Brest-Litovsk ("Western Front of World War I")
First Battle of the Marne
Hundred Days Offensive ("Western Front of World War I")
Second Battle of Ypres
Second Battle of the Marne
partOf
6th Army
Bomber Wing 53
Canadian Forestry Corps
Commander-in-Chief West
First Battle of the Marne ("Western Front of World War I")
French First Army ("Western Front (World War I)")
French First Army Group
French II Corps
Ziegenberg (near Bad Nauheim) in later war years
theater
Birdsong
Dulce et Decorum Est
Exposure
Futility
Infanterie greift an ("Western Front of World War I")
Wonder Woman (2017 film)
setting
German Spring Offensive (1918)
Hundred Days Offensive
Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation ("Western Front area")
Oberbefehlshaber West
Sitzkrieg
location
Fighter Wing 52
Gerhard Schöpfel
Polish forces
V Corps (United States) ("Western Front (World War I)")
VIII Army Corps
theaterOfOperations
82nd Infantry Division ("Western Front (World War I)")
Australian Army ("Western Front campaigns in World War I")
French I Corps ("First World War Western Front")
No. 3 Squadron RAF ("Western Front in World War I")
engagement
6th Regiment of Foot
No. 2 Squadron RAF
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
notableTheatre
1st Division (Australia) ("Western Front (France and Belgium)")
Canadian Corps
garrison
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
Drôle de guerre
locatedOn
Red Army Western Front ("Западный фронт")
Soviet Western Front ("Западный фронт")
nativeName
1st Infantry Division ("Western Front (World War I)")
3rd Infantry Division ("Western Front in the First World War")
notableEngagement
Henry Maitland Wilson ("Western Front in World War I")
Sidney Kirkman ("First World War Western Front")
participatedIn
Manchester Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
servedInTheatre
The Dawn Patrol
The King’s Man
settingLocation
Battle of the Ardennes (1914) ("Western Front of World War I")
Son bridge
theaterOfWar
Würger
associatedWithFront
3rd British Infantry Division ("Western Front campaign 1914–1918")
campaign
British Commonwealth forces ("Western Front (World War I)")
conflict
Eastern Front (World War I) ("Western Front (World War I)")
contrastWith
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film) ("Western Front in World War I")
depicts
Imperial German Army ("Western Front of World War I")
engagedIn
Sopwith Camel
enteredCombatTheatre
Armistice of 11 November 1918
frontAffected
Somme River
frontLineRegion
Northwest Europe
frontType
World War I military fortifications
geographicScope
Twilight War
hasFront
West Flanders ("World War I Western Front battles")
hasHistoricEvent
European theatre of World War I
hasPart
Cambrai 1917
hasTheater
Eastern France ("World War I Western Front")
historicalEvent
Pas-de-Calais ("World War I Western Front fighting")
historicEvent
Battle of Mons
locatedIn
Gassed ("World War I Western Front")
mainSubject
Central Powers
majorFront
War Horse
narrativeLocation
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2
operatedFrom
OB West
operatedIn
Lehrgeschwader 1
operatedOnFront
Allied Supreme War Council
operationalArea
Dominion of Australia ("Western Front (World War I)")
participantIn
Battle of the Ardennes (1914)
partOfCampaign
First Portuguese Republic
sentExpeditionaryForceTo
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5
serviceEntry
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film)
settingPlace
Military history of the United Kingdom ("World War I Western Front")
significantEvent
RFC roundel
usedIn
Flying Pencil
usedInTheatre

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