Monastir Offensive

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World War I battle military offensive

The Monastir Offensive was a World War I Allied campaign on the Balkan Front that led to the capture of the city of Monastir (Bitola) from Bulgarian and Central Powers forces in 1916.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bitola Offensive	1
Monastir Offensive (1917 operations)	1
capture of Monastir	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I battle ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Monastir NERFINISHED ⓘ Monastir Offensive ⓘ surface form: Bitola Offensive
belligerent	Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ surface form: Allied Powers Central Powers ⓘ
campaign	Allied campaign on the Balkan Front in 1916 ⓘ
commandedBy	Maurice Sarrail NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Vazov ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved	France ⓘ Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime	1916-11-19 ⓘ
followedBy	Monastir Offensive self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Monastir Offensive (1917 operations)
frontlineChange	Allies advanced to line north of Monastir ⓘ
hasCapitalCaptured	Monastir ⓘ surface form: Bitola
involves	Bulgarian Army ⓘ surface form: Bulgarian First Army French Army of the Orient ⓘ German 11th Army ⓘ surface form: German Eleventh Army Serbian Army ⓘ
location	Monastir ⓘ surface form: Bitola Kingdom of Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Monastir ⓘ North Macedonia ⓘ surface form: Vardar Macedonia
objective	Monastir Offensive self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: capture of Monastir
opponent	Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ Bulgaria ⓘ German Empire ⓘ
outcome	capture of Monastir by Allied forces ⓘ
partOf	Balkan Front ⓘ Balkan theatre of World War I ⓘ surface form: Macedonian front operations of the Allied Army of the Orient ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Florina ⓘ
relatedTo	Balkan Front ⓘ surface form: Salonika front
result	Allied victory ⓘ
significance	pushed Bulgarian forces north of Monastir ⓘ secured Allied foothold around Monastir ⓘ
startTime	1916-09-12 ⓘ
theaterOfWar	Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ
year	1916 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Monastir Offensive → alsoKnownAs → Monastir Offensive ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bitola Offensive

Monastir Offensive → followedBy → Monastir Offensive self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Monastir Offensive (1917 operations)

Balkan Front → hasPart → Monastir Offensive ⓘ

Monastir Offensive → objective → Monastir Offensive self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: capture of Monastir