Arras campaign

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The Arras campaign was a major British-led offensive on the Western Front in April–May 1917, notable for intense trench warfare and limited strategic gains despite significant casualties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First World War battle ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ
associatedWith Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
belligerent Australia ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
BritishCasualties over 150000 killed wounded or missing ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses heavy on both sides ⓘ
characterizedBy artillery bombardment ⓘ
high casualties ⓘ
limited strategic gains ⓘ
trench warfare ⓘ
commander Douglas Haig ⓘ
Edmund Allenby ⓘ
Julian Byng ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
country France ⓘ
countryInvolved Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
endDate 1917-05-16 ⓘ
followedBy Third Battle of Ypres ⓘ
frontLength about 18 kilometres ⓘ
GermanCasualties over 100000 killed wounded or missing ⓘ
GermanCommander Erich Ludendorff ⓘ
Ludwig von Falkenhausen ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1910s ⓘ
location Arras ⓘ
France ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Bullecourt ⓘ
Battle of Vimy Ridge ⓘ
First Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ
Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ
Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ
opponent German Empire ⓘ
partOf Western Front ⓘ
precededBy Somme offensive ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Somme
result inconclusive ⓘ
startDate 1917-04-09 ⓘ
strategicObjective breakthrough of German defensive lines ⓘ
diversion in support of French Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
tacticsUsed counter-battery fire ⓘ
creeping barrage ⓘ
underground tunnelling ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War I ⓘ

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