20th Century Battlefields
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20th Century Battlefields is a British television documentary series in which historian Dan Snow explores and analyzes key military conflicts of the 1900s through on-site reports and historical reconstructions.
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| 20th Century Battlefields canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: 20th Century Battlefields Context triple: [Dan Snow, notableWork, 20th Century Battlefields]
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Battle of the Nations
The Battle of the Nations was a major 1813 Napoleonic War engagement near Leipzig in which a coalition of European powers decisively defeated Napoleon’s forces.
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Forgotten Army
The Forgotten Army was the British Empire’s Fourteenth Army that fought largely overlooked but crucial campaigns against Japanese forces in Burma during World War II.
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Kaiserschlacht
Kaiserschlacht was the major German spring offensive on the Western Front in 1918, intended as a decisive blow to end World War I before American forces could fully deploy.
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Historial de la Grande Guerre
Historial de la Grande Guerre is a major World War I museum in Péronne, France, dedicated to exploring the social and military history of the conflict, particularly on the Western Front.
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Forgotten War
The "Forgotten War" refers to the Ifni War, a brief late-1950s conflict between Spain and Moroccan irregular forces over the Spanish enclave of Ifni in North Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: 20th Century Battlefields Target entity description: 20th Century Battlefields is a British television documentary series in which historian Dan Snow explores and analyzes key military conflicts of the 1900s through on-site reports and historical reconstructions.
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A.
Battle of the Nations
The Battle of the Nations was a major 1813 Napoleonic War engagement near Leipzig in which a coalition of European powers decisively defeated Napoleon’s forces.
-
B.
Forgotten Army
The Forgotten Army was the British Empire’s Fourteenth Army that fought largely overlooked but crucial campaigns against Japanese forces in Burma during World War II.
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C.
Kaiserschlacht
Kaiserschlacht was the major German spring offensive on the Western Front in 1918, intended as a decisive blow to end World War I before American forces could fully deploy.
-
D.
Historial de la Grande Guerre
Historial de la Grande Guerre is a major World War I museum in Péronne, France, dedicated to exploring the social and military history of the conflict, particularly on the Western Front.
-
E.
Forgotten War
The "Forgotten War" refers to the Ifni War, a brief late-1950s conflict between Spain and Moroccan irregular forces over the Spanish enclave of Ifni in North Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television documentary series ⓘ |
| aim | to explain tactics and technology of 20th-century battles to a general audience ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decadeOfTelevisionDebut | 2000s ⓘ |
| educationalGenre | popular history ⓘ |
| featuresBattle |
Battle of El Alamein
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Midway NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Mons NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Passchendaele NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Stalingrad NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Imjin River NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Somme NERFINISHED ⓘ First Gulf War NERFINISHED ⓘ Tet Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2007 ⓘ |
| focus |
impact of technology on warfare
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strategic and tactical analysis of battles ⓘ |
| format |
historical reconstructions
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on-site reports ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary
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military history documentary ⓘ |
| hasContributor |
Dan Snow
NERFINISHED
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Peter Snow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettingPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | combination of on-location reporting and computer-generated reconstructions ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 8 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC Two NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysConflict |
Gulf War
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Korean War NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presenter |
Dan Snow
NERFINISHED
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Peter Snow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | BBC ⓘ |
| starring |
Dan Snow
NERFINISHED
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Peter Snow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
20th-century military history
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major battles of the 20th century ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience interested in military history ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
battlefield maps and graphics
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computer-generated imagery ⓘ |
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Subject: 20th Century Battlefields Description of subject: 20th Century Battlefields is a British television documentary series in which historian Dan Snow explores and analyzes key military conflicts of the 1900s through on-site reports and historical reconstructions.
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