Cambrai 1917
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Cambrai 1917 refers to the First World War battle near Cambrai, France, notable for the first large-scale, coordinated use of tanks in warfare.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cambrai 1917 canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T828539 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cambrai 1917 Context triple: [Royal Tank Regiment, battleHonour, Cambrai 1917]
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A.
Ypres
Ypres is a historic town in western Belgium that was the site of several major and devastating battles during World War I.
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B.
Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme was a major and notoriously bloody 1916 World War I offensive on the Western Front, remembered for its massive casualties and limited territorial gains.
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C.
Battle for Caen
The Battle for Caen was a major World War II engagement during the Normandy campaign in 1944, in which Allied forces fought to capture the strategically vital French city of Caen from German defenders.
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D.
Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun was one of the longest and bloodiest engagements of World War I, symbolizing the brutal attrition warfare on the Western Front between France and Germany in 1916.
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E.
Battle of Passchendaele
The Battle of Passchendaele was a brutal and muddy First World War offensive in 1917 near Ypres, Belgium, notorious for its massive casualties and minimal territorial gains.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cambrai 1917 Target entity description: Cambrai 1917 refers to the First World War battle near Cambrai, France, notable for the first large-scale, coordinated use of tanks in warfare.
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A.
Ypres
Ypres is a historic town in western Belgium that was the site of several major and devastating battles during World War I.
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B.
Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme was a major and notoriously bloody 1916 World War I offensive on the Western Front, remembered for its massive casualties and limited territorial gains.
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C.
Battle for Caen
The Battle for Caen was a major World War II engagement during the Normandy campaign in 1944, in which Allied forces fought to capture the strategically vital French city of Caen from German defenders.
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D.
Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun was one of the longest and bloodiest engagements of World War I, symbolizing the brutal attrition warfare on the Western Front between France and Germany in 1916.
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E.
Battle of Passchendaele
The Battle of Passchendaele was a brutal and muddy First World War offensive in 1917 near Ypres, Belgium, notorious for its massive casualties and minimal territorial gains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First World War battle
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battle ⓘ |
| followedBy |
German Spring Offensive (1918)
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surface form:
German Spring Offensive
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| hasAlternativeName |
Battle of Cambrai
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surface form:
Battle of Cambrai (1917)
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| hasApproximateCasualties | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| hasBelligerent |
British Empire
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German Empire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasCasualties | heavy on both sides ⓘ |
| hasCommander |
Karl von Fasbender
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surface form:
Georg von der Marwitz
Julian Byng ⓘ |
| hasCountry | France ⓘ |
| hasEndDate | 1917-12-07 ⓘ |
| hasFrontLength |
about 10 kilometres
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about 6 miles ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Cambrai
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France ⓘ |
| hasName | Battle of Cambrai ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
combined arms tactics
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first large-scale coordinated use of tanks ⓘ use of massed artillery without preliminary registration ⓘ use of predicted artillery fire ⓘ |
| hasOperationType |
breakthrough attempt
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offensive ⓘ |
| hasRegion | Nord department ⓘ |
| hasResult |
German counter-offensive
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inconclusive ⓘ tactical British gains ⓘ |
| hasSideObjective |
break Hindenburg Line
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test large-scale tank tactics ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
demonstrated potential of tanks in warfare
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important development in mechanized warfare ⓘ influenced later combined arms doctrine ⓘ showed effectiveness of surprise artillery techniques ⓘ |
| hasStartDate | 1917-11-20 ⓘ |
| hasTheater | Western Front ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1917 ⓘ |
| opposedDefensiveLine | Hindenburg Line ⓘ |
| partOf |
World War I
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surface form:
First World War
|
| precededBy |
Battle of Passchendaele
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surface form:
Third Battle of Ypres
|
| usedTechnology |
Mark IV tank
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air reconnaissance ⓘ |
| usedWeapon |
artillery
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machine gun ⓘ rifle ⓘ tank ⓘ |
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Subject: Cambrai 1917 Description of subject: Cambrai 1917 refers to the First World War battle near Cambrai, France, notable for the first large-scale, coordinated use of tanks in warfare.
Referenced by (11)
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