Second Battle of Ypres

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First World War battle battle

The Second Battle of Ypres was a major First World War engagement in 1915, notorious as the site of the first large-scale use of poison gas on the Western Front and heavy fighting involving Allied forces including Canadian troops.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First World War battle → battle →
alsoKnownAs	Second Battle of Ypres → surface form: "Second Ypres"
belligerent	Algerian troops → Belgium → British Indian Army → Canada → France → German Empire → Moroccan troops → island of Newfoundland → surface form: "Newfoundland" United Kingdom →
casualtiesAndLosses	heavy on both sides →
commander	Duke Albrecht of Württemberg → Edmund Allenby → Erich von Falkenhayn → Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin → Herbert Plumer → Horace Smith-Dorrien →
conflict	World War I → surface form: "First World War"
countryAtLocation	Belgium → surface form: "Kingdom of Belgium"
dateOfFirstGasAttack	1915-04-22 →
endDate	1915-05-25 →
followedBy	Battle of Passchendaele → surface form: "Third Battle of Ypres"
front	Ypres → surface form: "Ypres Salient"
gasDeployedBy	Imperial German Army → surface form: "German Army"
hasPhase	Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge → surface form: "Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge" Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge → surface form: "Battle of Frezenberg Ridge" Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge → Battle of St. Julien →
involves	1st Canadian Division → Canadian Expeditionary Force → French 45th Division → French 87th Territorial Division →
location	Belgium → Flanders → Ypres →
notableFor	first large-scale use of poison gas on the Western Front →
partOf	Western Front →
precededBy	First Battle of Ypres →
result	Allied defensive success in holding Ypres salient → German tactical gains →
startDate	1915-04-22 →
strategicObjective	to weaken Allied lines around Ypres salient →
theatre	European theatre of World War I →
typeOfGasUsed	chlorine →
usedWeapon	artillery → chlorine gas → machine guns → rifles →

Referenced by (11)

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

Second Battle of Ypres → alsoKnownAs → Second Battle of Ypres →

this entity surface form: "Second Ypres"

2nd Canadian Division → engagement → Second Battle of Ypres →

Canadian Corps → engagement → Second Battle of Ypres →

this entity surface form: "Second Battle of Ypres 1915"

Canadian Expeditionary Force → engagement → Second Battle of Ypres →

European theatre of World War I → hasPart → Second Battle of Ypres →

Canadian Corps → notableBattle → Second Battle of Ypres →

Western Front → notableBattle → Second Battle of Ypres →

subject surface form: "Western Front (World War I)"

1st Canadian Division → notableEngagement → Second Battle of Ypres →

CEF → notableEngagement → Second Battle of Ypres →

subject surface form: "Canadian Expeditionary Force"

Union of Utrecht → signatory → Second Battle of Ypres →

this entity surface form: "City of Ypres"

Ypres → wasSiteOf → Second Battle of Ypres →