Ypres Salient fighting

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World War I military campaign series of battles

Ypres Salient fighting refers to the prolonged and brutal series of World War I battles around the Belgian town of Ypres, marked by trench warfare, massive casualties, and the first large-scale use of poison gas on the Western Front.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Ypres Salient 8
Ypres Salient battlefields 2
Ypres Salient fighting canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I military campaign ⓘ
series of battles ⓘ
belligerent Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
India (British Indian Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman Empire (limited involvement via German alliance) NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedBy In Flanders Fields Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Menin Gate Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tyne Cot Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
endTime 1918 ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Messines (1917) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Mount Sorrel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Passchendaele NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of the Lys (1918) NERFINISHED ⓘ
First Battle of Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Battle of Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ
Third Battle of Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ypres Salient NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor artillery bombardments ⓘ
first large-scale use of poison gas on the Western Front ⓘ
high casualties ⓘ
muddy battlefield conditions ⓘ
trench warfare ⓘ
partOf Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn creation of a salient in the Allied front line ⓘ
devastation of the town of Ypres ⓘ
large military and civilian casualties ⓘ
startTime 1914 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of approaches to Channel ports ⓘ
holding the northern sector of the Western Front ⓘ
usedTactic creeping barrage ⓘ
mining and counter-mining ⓘ
trench warfare ⓘ
usedWeapon chlorine gas ⓘ
heavy artillery ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
mustard gas ⓘ
phosgene gas ⓘ
rifles ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge → partOf → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
Tyne Cot Cemetery → locatedIn → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ypres Salient
Battle of St. Julien → location → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ypres Salient
Battle of Messines (1917) → front → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ypres Salient
Battle of Messines (1917) → terrainFeature → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ypres Salient
Hubert Gough → theatreOfOperations → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ypres salient
Campaigns of World War I → hasPart → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ypres salient operations
Battle of Mount Sorrel → locatedIn → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ypres Salient
Battle of Mount Sorrel → relatedTo → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ypres Salient battles
Battle of Frezenberg → partOf → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
Battle of Polygon Wood → location → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ypres Salient
Cross of Sacrifice at Menin Road South Military Cemetery → associatedWith → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ypres Salient
World War I battlefields → hasPart → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ypres Salient battlefields
Ypres–Comines Canal → passesThrough → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ypres salient region
Menin Gate Memorial → locatedIn → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ypres Salient
Menin Gate Memorial → associatedWith → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ypres battles of World War I
In Flanders Fields Museum → locatedNear → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ypres Salient battlefields