French Army on the Western Front

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World War I military unit combatant force military formation

The French Army on the Western Front was the principal land force of France engaged in trench and offensive operations against Germany and its allies in Western Europe during World War I.

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Surface form	Occurrences
French Army in World War I	3

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I military unit ⓘ combatant force ⓘ military formation ⓘ
alliedWith	American Expeditionary Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Belgian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ British Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Army on the Western Front ⓘ
casualties	over one million killed ⓘ several million wounded ⓘ
commander	Ferdinand Foch NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Joffre NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippe Pétain NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Nivelle NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
endTime	1918 ⓘ
engagedInBattle	Battle of Verdun NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Frontiers NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Somme NERFINISHED ⓘ First Battle of the Marne NERFINISHED ⓘ Hundred Days Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ Nivelle Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Battle of Artois NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Battle of Champagne NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Battle of the Marne NERFINISHED ⓘ Spring Offensive (1918) NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Battle of Artois NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Battle of Champagne NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ France ⓘ
notableEvent	French Army mutinies of 1917 NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	defeat the German Empire in Western Europe ⓘ defend French territory ⓘ
opponent	Austro-Hungarian forces on the Western Front ⓘ German Army on the Western Front ⓘ
participatedIn	Allied victory on the Western Front ⓘ
partOf	French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	contributed to the Armistice of 11 November 1918 ⓘ
startTime	1914 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBranch	armour ⓘ artillery ⓘ cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ military aviation ⓘ
usedWarfareType	combined arms operations ⓘ trench warfare ⓘ war of attrition ⓘ
usedWeapon	75 mm field gun (Canon de 75 modèle 1897) NERFINISHED ⓘ Chauchat light machine gun NERFINISHED ⓘ Hotchkiss machine gun NERFINISHED ⓘ Renault FT tank NERFINISHED ⓘ Schneider CA1 tank NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Chamond tank ⓘ poison gas ⓘ

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

Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies → appliesTo → French Army on the Western Front ⓘ

French 87th Territorial Division → service → French Army on the Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Army in World War I

Chateau-Thierry American Monument, France → associatedWith → French Army on the Western Front ⓘ

subject surface form: Chateau-Thierry American Monument

this entity surface form: French Army in World War I

Under Fire → hasSubject → French Army on the Western Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Army in World War I