Western Front

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front (military) theater of war

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.

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All labels observed (35)

Label	Occurrences
Western Front canonical	390
Western Front (World War I)	35
Western Front of World War I	32
Western Front in World War I	20
World War I Western Front	9
Western Front (First World War)	7
First World War Western Front	3
World War I Western Front fighting	3
Western Front 1917–1918	2
Western Front battlefields	2
Western Front in France and Belgium	2
Western Front in the First World War	2
Западный фронт	2
Allied forces on the Western Front	1
First World War Argonne front	1
Franco-German front	1
Western Front (France and Belgium)	1
Western Front (Rhine)	1
Western Front (wartime deployment)	1
Western Front 1914–1918	1
Western Front area	1
Western Front campaign 1914–1918	1
Western Front campaigns in World War I	1
Western Front campaigns of World War I	1
Western Front campaigns of the First World War	1
Western Front in Belgium	1
Western Front in Flanders	1
Western Front in France	1
Western Front military operations	1
Western Front naval theatre	1
Western Front sector near Verdun	1
Western Front trenches	1
Western Front, World War I	1
World War I Western Front battles	1
World War I Western Front sectors	1

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 ⓘ Thailand ⓘ surface form: Siam South Africa ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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	Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ surface form: Spring Offensive (1918)
notableFeature	Hindenburg Line ⓘ Maginot Line ⓘ surface form: 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 (531)

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World War I → front → Western Front ⓘ

Sitzkrieg → location → Western Front ⓘ

Infanterie greift an → setting → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War I

Lehrgeschwader 1 → operatedOnFront → Western Front ⓘ

Canadian Expeditionary Force → theatreOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

Military history of the United Kingdom → significantEvent → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War I Western Front

Royal Flying Corps → theatreOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

eastern France → historicalEvent → Western Front ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern France

this entity surface form: World War I Western Front

Battle of Jutland → front → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front naval theatre

RNAS Dunkirk → theatre → Western Front ⓘ

Battle of the Somme → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

Battle of the Somme → front → Western Front ⓘ

French First Army → theater → Western Front ⓘ

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

Royal Warwickshire Regiment → notableTheatre → Western Front ⓘ

British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division → theatreOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

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

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

subject surface form: Oberbefehlshaber West

Australian Army → engagement → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front campaigns in World War I

Armistice of 11 November 1918 → frontAffected → Western Front ⓘ

Battle of Verdun → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

Battle of Verdun → front → Western Front ⓘ

Son bridge → theaterOfWar → Western Front ⓘ

Central Powers → majorFront → Western Front ⓘ

First Battle of the Marne → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

First Battle of the Marne → theater → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War I

First Battle of the Marne → front → Western Front ⓘ

Sopwith Camel → enteredCombatTheatre → Western Front ⓘ

Dominion of Australia → participantIn → Western Front ⓘ

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

The Dawn Patrol → settingLocation → Western Front ⓘ

Quentin Roosevelt → front → Western Front ⓘ

World War I military fortifications → geographicScope → Western Front ⓘ

Drôle de guerre → locatedOn → Western Front ⓘ

Twilight War → hasFront → Western Front ⓘ

Gerhard Schöpfel → theaterOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

West Flanders → hasHistoricEvent → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War I Western Front battles

1st Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Western Front ⓘ

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

Eastern Front → contrastWith → Western Front ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War I)

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

British Commonwealth forces → conflict → Western Front ⓘ

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

War Horse → narrativeLocation → Western Front ⓘ

Operation Kutuzov → front → Western Front ⓘ

Henry Maitland Wilson → participatedIn → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front in World War I

Fighter Wing 52 → theaterOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

Wonder Woman → setting → Western Front ⓘ

subject surface form: Wonder Woman (2017 film)

Australian Flying Corps → theatre → Western Front ⓘ

Manchester Regiment → servedInTheatre → Western Front ⓘ

Imperial German Army → engagedIn → Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front of World War I

CEF → theatreOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

subject surface form: Canadian Expeditionary Force

Second Battle of Ypres → partOf → Western Front ⓘ

1st Canadian Division → theatreOfOperations → Western Front ⓘ

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

Canadian Machine Gun Corps → theatre → Western Front ⓘ

Canadian Forestry Corps → theater → Western Front ⓘ