Operation Blücher–Yorck

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World War I battle military offensive

Operation Blücher–Yorck was a major German offensive on the Western Front in World War I, launched in May 1918 to break through Allied lines along the Aisne and advance toward Paris.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Operation Blücher–Yorck canonical	3
Operation Gneisenau	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I battle ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Third Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
belligerent	British Empire ⓘ French Third Republic ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
commander	Erich Ludendorff ⓘ Ferdinand Foch ⓘ Max von Boehn NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippe Pétain ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved	France ⓘ German Empire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	May 1918 ⓘ
endDate	1918-06-06 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of the Matz ⓘ Fourth Battle of Champagne ⓘ
front	Western Front ⓘ
frontlineAdvance	approximately 20 miles ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late stages of World War I ⓘ
involvedUnit	3rd Division ⓘ surface form: American 3rd Division British IX Corps ⓘ French 6th Army NERFINISHED ⓘ German 1st Army ONNED1 ⓘ German 7th Army ⓘ
location	Aisne ⓘ surface form: Aisne River Chemin des Dames ridge ⓘ surface form: Chemin des Dames Reims ⓘ Soissons NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEngagement	Second Battle of the Marne ⓘ surface form: Battle of Château-Thierry (1918)
objective	advance toward Paris ⓘ break through Allied lines on the Aisne ⓘ
partOf	German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ surface form: German spring offensive of 1918 Western Front ⓘ
precededBy	Operation Michael ⓘ
result	German tactical victory ⓘ strategic failure for Germany ⓘ
riverCrossed	Aisne ⓘ Vesle ⓘ
startDate	1918-05-27 ⓘ
strategicAim	draw Allied reserves away from Flanders ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of World War I ⓘ
threatened	Paris ⓘ
usedTactic	short intense artillery bombardment ⓘ stormtroop infiltration tactics ⓘ
usedWeapon	poison gas ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

German Spring Offensive (1918) → componentOperation → Operation Blücher–Yorck ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Gneisenau

Third Battle of the Aisne → operationName → Operation Blücher–Yorck ⓘ

Kaiserschlacht → hasPart → Operation Blücher–Yorck ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Gneisenau