Arras 1917

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Arras 1917 refers to the World War I Battle of Arras, a major 1917 Allied offensive on the Western Front in France known for intense trench warfare and significant casualties.

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Label Occurrences
Arras 1917 canonical 9
Vimy 1917 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alliedCommander Edmund Allenby ⓘ
Henry Horne ⓘ
Julian Byng ⓘ
belligerent Australia ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
casualties very high ⓘ
casualtiesDescription heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
countryAtTime French Third Republic ⓘ
endDate 1917-05-16 ⓘ
followedBy Passchendaele ⓘ
Third Battle of Ypres ⓘ
frontType trench warfare ⓘ
germanCommander Ludwig von Falkenhausen ⓘ
Ludwig von Falkenhayn ⓘ
hasName Battle of Arras ⓘ
Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ
locatedIn Arras ⓘ
France ⓘ
Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Arleux ⓘ
Battle of Bullecourt ⓘ
Capture of Vimy Ridge ⓘ
First Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ
Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ
Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ
notableFeature use of underground tunnels beneath Arras ⓘ
objective break through German lines on the Western Front ⓘ
support the French Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
operationType offensive ⓘ
opponent German Empire ⓘ
partOf Western Front ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
precededBy Somme 1916 ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
tactical Allied gains ⓘ
startDate 1917-04-09 ⓘ
strategicOutcome no decisive breakthrough ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War I ⓘ
timePeriod April 1917 ⓘ
May 1917 ⓘ
usedTactic creeping barrage ⓘ
extensive mining and tunnelling ⓘ

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