Battle of Arras (1917)

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battle military offensive

The Battle of Arras (1917) was a major British-led offensive on the Western Front during World War I, notable for intense trench warfare, significant territorial gains, and heavy casualties.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Arras (1917) canonical	24
Battle of Arras	4
Arras Offensive (1917)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ surface form: Arras Offensive (1917)
associatedBattle	Battle of Bullecourt (1917) ⓘ Battle of Vimy Ridge ⓘ Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ
belligerent	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ France ⓘ German Empire ⓘ India ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ island of Newfoundland ⓘ surface form: Newfoundland South Africa ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
campaign	Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
casualties	very high on both sides ⓘ
commander	Douglas Haig ⓘ Edmund Allenby ⓘ Julian Byng ⓘ
conflictOf	World War I ⓘ
endDate	1917-05-16 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Messines (1917) ⓘ
front	Western Front ⓘ
involvedUnit	British First Army ⓘ Third Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: British Third Army Canadian Corps ⓘ German 17th Army ⓘ German 6th Army ⓘ
location	Arras ⓘ France ⓘ Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
notableFor	extensive use of underground tunnels ⓘ heavy casualties ⓘ intense trench warfare ⓘ significant but limited territorial gains ⓘ use of creeping barrage artillery tactics ⓘ
objective	breakthrough of German defensive lines near Arras ⓘ diversion in support of French Nivelle Offensive on the Aisne ⓘ
opposingCommander	Fritz von Below ⓘ Ludwig von Falkenhausen ⓘ
partOf	Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front (World War I)
precededBy	Battle of the Somme ⓘ
result	inconclusive ⓘ
startDate	1917-04-09 ⓘ
tacticUsed	creeping barrage ⓘ underground mining and tunnelling operations ⓘ
terrain	chalk plateau and trench systems around Arras ⓘ
warTheater	European theatre of World War I ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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Miles Dempsey → participatedIn → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

51st (Highland) Division → battleHonour → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Arras

51st (Highland) Division → battleHonour → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

British High Command on the Western Front → notableBattleDirected → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

Battle of Vimy Ridge → partOf → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

Battle of Arras (1917) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arras Offensive (1917)

Bristol F.2 Fighter → notableEngagement → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Arras

Royal Naval Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

British V Corps → engagement → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief on the Western Front → oversawBattle → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

British XIII Corps → engagement → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

German Second Army → participatedIn → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Arras

Arras 1917 → hasName → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Arras

Arras 1917 → hasName → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

Arras → wasSiteOf → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

Third Army (United Kingdom) → engagement → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

British air services in World War I → notableEvent → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

27th Infantry Division (German Empire) → notableEngagement → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

British XII Corps → engagement → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

Battle of Arras (1918) → relatedEvent → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

51st (Highland) Infantry Division → engagement → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

Vimy Ridge → partOfMilitaryCampaign → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey → participatedIn → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

subject surface form: Miles Dempsey

Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) → partOf → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917) → partOf → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

Battle of Bullecourt (1917) → relatedTo → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

German 6th Army → notableEngagement → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

Newfoundland Regiment → notableEngagement → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ

Durham Light Infantry → notableEngagement → Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ