Allied autumn offensive of 1915

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World War I campaign military offensive

The Allied autumn offensive of 1915 was a coordinated series of major Entente attacks on the Western Front during World War I, aimed at breaking the stalemate through large-scale assaults such as the Battle of Loos.

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Label Occurrences
Allied autumn offensive of 1915 canonical 1
Allied autumn offensive on the Somme 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I campaign ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
aim to achieve a breakthrough against German defensive lines ⓘ
to break the stalemate on the Western Front ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Allied autumn offensive on the Western Front in 1915 NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic coordinated Franco-British attacks ⓘ
high casualty rates ⓘ
use of massed artillery ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
coordinatedBy British Army high command NERFINISHED ⓘ
French Army high command NERFINISHED ⓘ
country France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1915-11 ⓘ
followedBy relative lull on the Western Front in early 1916 ⓘ
front Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Loos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Battle of Champagne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Third Battle of Artois NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance illustrated difficulties of offensive warfare against entrenched positions in WWI ⓘ
involves British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
France ⓘ
militaryObjective to rupture German front-line and support trenches ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Loos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Battle of Champagne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Third Battle of Artois NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Western Front (World War I) NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy earlier 1915 Western Front offensives ⓘ
result heavy casualties for limited territorial gains ⓘ
strategic stalemate ⓘ
startTime 1915-09 ⓘ
strategy large-scale infantry assaults preceded by artillery bombardment ⓘ
tacticalOutcome local gains without decisive breakthrough ⓘ
theaterOfWar European theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 1915 ⓘ

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Battle of Loos → partOf → Allied autumn offensive of 1915 ⓘ
Battle of Thiepval Ridge → partOfOperation → Allied autumn offensive of 1915 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied autumn offensive on the Somme