Battle of Bullecourt (1917)

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First World War battle battle

The Battle of Bullecourt (1917) was a costly First World War engagement on the Western Front in which British and Australian forces attacked heavily fortified sections of the Hindenburg Line near the village of Bullecourt in France.

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Battle of Bullecourt 2
Battle of Bullecourt (1917) canonical 1
First Battle of Bullecourt 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First World War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Bullecourt (1917) ⓘ
surface form: First Battle of Bullecourt
associatedWith Australian military history ⓘ
British military history ⓘ
Hindenburg Line ⓘ
surface form: Hindenburg Line defensive system
belligerent Australia ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
casualties heavy Allied casualties ⓘ
heavy German casualties ⓘ
category Battles of World War I involving Australia ⓘ
Battles of World War I involving Germany ⓘ
Battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom ⓘ
combatant Australian Imperial Force ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
conflictIn Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front (World War I)
country France ⓘ
date 1917 ⓘ
defensiveWorks barbed wire entanglements ⓘ
concrete bunkers ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
hasContext stalemate on the Western Front ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1910s ⓘ
locatedNear Hindenburg Line ⓘ
location Bullecourt, Pas-de-Calais, France ⓘ
militaryCampaign British offensives in 1917 ⓘ
notableFor attacks on the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
heavy casualties ⓘ
opponent German Army ⓘ
partOf Arras Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Arras Offensive (1917)

World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

battles involving Australia ⓘ
battles involving Germany ⓘ
battles involving the United Kingdom ⓘ
Battle of the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
surface form: battles of the Hindenburg Line
relatedTo Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ
Battle of Bullecourt (1917) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Second Battle of Bullecourt
result inconclusive ⓘ
strategicObjective breach the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
terrain heavily fortified positions ⓘ
trench systems ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War I ⓘ
typeOfEngagement infantry assault ⓘ
trench warfare ⓘ
used artillery ⓘ
tanks ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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Battle of Arras (1917) → associatedBattle → Battle of Bullecourt (1917) ⓘ
Arras 1917 → notableEngagement → Battle of Bullecourt (1917) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Bullecourt
Arras Offensive → notableEngagement → Battle of Bullecourt (1917) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Bullecourt
Battle of Bullecourt (1917) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Bullecourt (1917) ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Battle of Bullecourt
Battle of Bullecourt (1917) → relatedTo → Battle of Bullecourt (1917) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Bullecourt