Second Battle of Heligoland Bight

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The Second Battle of Heligoland Bight was a World War I naval clash in November 1917 in which British and German forces fought in the North Sea near the German coast, resulting in a tactical British victory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
belligerent Kaiserliche Marine ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
campaign Naval operations in the North Sea during World War I ⓘ
combatantSide Allies of World War I ⓘ
Central Powers ⓘ
conflictIn World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved German Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
date 17 November 1917 ⓘ
location Heligoland Bight ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
off the German North Sea coast ⓘ
navalTheatre Heligoland Bight ⓘ
near Heligoland ⓘ
linked to: Helgoland
notableFor engagement between British light forces and German minesweepers and escorts ⓘ
opponent British forces ⓘ
German forces ⓘ
partOf Naval warfare of World War I ⓘ
precededBy First Battle of Heligoland Bight ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
resultType tactical British victory ⓘ
seaArea eastern North Sea ⓘ
strategicContext British efforts to contain the German High Seas Fleet ⓘ
German attempts to disrupt Allied maritime operations ⓘ
theatre North Sea ⓘ
typeOfEngagement surface naval action ⓘ
year 1917 ⓘ

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Grand Fleet → engagement → Second Battle of Heligoland Bight ⓘ
Imperial German Navy → notableOperation → Second Battle of Heligoland Bight ⓘ
North Sea theatre of World War I → majorEngagement → Second Battle of Heligoland Bight (1917) ⓘ
linked to: Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
Grand Fleet (Royal Navy) → engagement → Second Battle of Heligoland Bight ⓘ
High Seas Fleet (Imperial German Navy) → notableEngagement → Second Battle of Heligoland Bight ⓘ