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.

Aliases (2)

Battle of Arras ×2
Arras Offensive (1917) ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military offensive →
alsoKnownAs	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 → Newfoundland → South Africa → United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
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 → 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 (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 (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
51st (Highland) Division ("Battle of Arras") → 51st (Highland) Division →	battleHonour
Battle of Arras (1917) ("Arras Offensive (1917)") →	alsoKnownAs
British High Command on the Western Front →	notableBattleDirected
Bristol F.2 Fighter ("Battle of Arras") →	notableEngagement
Miles Dempsey →	participatedIn
Battle of Vimy Ridge →	partOf