Vardar Offensive
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The Vardar Offensive was a major Allied military campaign in September 1918 on the Macedonian front that broke Bulgarian lines and hastened the end of World War I in the Balkans.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macedonian Offensive of 1918 | 1 |
| Vardar Offensive canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Vardar Offensive Context triple: [Balkan Front, hasPart, Vardar Offensive]
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A.
Balkan Campaign
The Balkan Campaign was a series of World War II military operations in southeastern Europe, primarily involving Axis invasions of Yugoslavia and Greece in 1941.
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B.
Battle of Petrovaradin
The Battle of Petrovaradin was a major 1716 clash between Habsburg and Ottoman forces in which Prince Eugene of Savoy secured a decisive victory that helped halt Ottoman expansion into Central Europe.
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C.
Battle of Sidi Barrani
The Battle of Sidi Barrani was a key early World War II engagement in December 1940 in which British and Commonwealth forces launched a successful offensive against Italian troops in Egypt, marking the opening phase of the North African Campaign.
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D.
Gothic Line offensive
The Gothic Line offensive was a major Allied assault in late 1944 aimed at breaking through Germany’s last major defensive line in northern Italy during World War II.
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E.
Saar Offensive
The Saar Offensive was a brief and largely ineffective French ground attack into western Germany in September 1939, launched shortly after the outbreak of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Vardar Offensive Target entity description: The Vardar Offensive was a major Allied military campaign in September 1918 on the Macedonian front that broke Bulgarian lines and hastened the end of World War I in the Balkans.
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A.
Balkan Campaign
The Balkan Campaign was a series of World War II military operations in southeastern Europe, primarily involving Axis invasions of Yugoslavia and Greece in 1941.
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B.
Battle of Petrovaradin
The Battle of Petrovaradin was a major 1716 clash between Habsburg and Ottoman forces in which Prince Eugene of Savoy secured a decisive victory that helped halt Ottoman expansion into Central Europe.
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C.
Battle of Sidi Barrani
The Battle of Sidi Barrani was a key early World War II engagement in December 1940 in which British and Commonwealth forces launched a successful offensive against Italian troops in Egypt, marking the opening phase of the North African Campaign.
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D.
Gothic Line offensive
The Gothic Line offensive was a major Allied assault in late 1944 aimed at breaking through Germany’s last major defensive line in northern Italy during World War II.
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E.
Saar Offensive
The Saar Offensive was a brief and largely ineffective French ground attack into western Germany in September 1939, launched shortly after the outbreak of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War I battle
ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Vardar Offensive
ⓘ
surface form:
Macedonian Offensive of 1918
|
| armistice | Armistice of Salonica ⓘ |
| armisticeDate | 1918-09-29 ⓘ |
| belligerent |
French Third Republic
ⓘ
Kingdom of Greece ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Kingdom of Serbia ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| cause | Allied decision to break stalemate on Macedonian front ⓘ |
| commander |
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey
ⓘ
Petar Bojović ⓘ Živojin Mišić ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| endDate | 1918-09-29 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Allied advance into Bulgaria
ⓘ
Allied liberation of Serbia ⓘ |
| front |
Balkan Front
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surface form:
Salonika front
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| involvedUnit |
British Salonika Force
ⓘ
French Army of the Orient ⓘ Greek divisions ⓘ Italian 35th Division ⓘ Serbian Army ⓘ
surface form:
Serbian First Army
Serbian Army ⓘ
surface form:
Serbian Second Army
Serbian Third Army ⓘ |
| keyBattle |
Battle of Dobro Pole
ⓘ
Battle of Doiran ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Doiran (1918)
|
| location |
Balkans
ⓘ
North Macedonia ⓘ
surface form:
Macedonia
Vardar River ⓘ
surface form:
Vardar River valley
|
| notableFeature |
breakthrough of Bulgarian defensive lines
ⓘ
combined Franco-Serbian assault ⓘ |
| opposingBelligerent |
German Empire
ⓘ
Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ |
| opposingCommander |
Georgi Todorov
ⓘ
Otto von Below ⓘ |
| partOf |
Balkan theatre of World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
Macedonian front
|
| precededBy | static trench warfare on Macedonian front ⓘ |
| result |
Bulgarian request for armistice
ⓘ
collapse of Bulgarian front ⓘ decisive Allied victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 1918-09-14 ⓘ |
| strategicEffect |
hastened end of World War I in the Balkans
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opened route for Allied advance into Serbia ⓘ threatened Austria-Hungary from the south ⓘ |
| theatre | Balkan theatre of World War I ⓘ |
| year | 1918 ⓘ |
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Subject: Vardar Offensive Description of subject: The Vardar Offensive was a major Allied military campaign in September 1918 on the Macedonian front that broke Bulgarian lines and hastened the end of World War I in the Balkans.
Referenced by (2)
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