Battle of Arras (1917)

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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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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 ⓘ

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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) ⓘ
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) ⓘ
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) ⓘ
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) ⓘ