World War I battlefields

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World War I battlefields are the former front-line landscapes across Europe and beyond where major First World War combat took place, now preserved or remembered as historic sites of conflict, sacrifice, and commemoration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage landscape ⓘ
historic site category ⓘ
tourist attraction category ⓘ
war-related site ⓘ
affectedBy environmental contamination ⓘ
landscape regeneration ⓘ
post-war reconstruction ⓘ
unexploded ordnance ⓘ
associatedWith Allied Powers ⓘ
Armistice Day remembrance ⓘ
Central Powers ⓘ
poppy as remembrance symbol ⓘ
soldier commemoration ⓘ
currentUse archaeological research ⓘ
educational field trips ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
sites of remembrance ⓘ
war cemeteries and memorials ⓘ
governedBy UNESCO cultural heritage principles ⓘ
national heritage laws ⓘ
hasPart African theatre battlefields ⓘ
Aisne battlefields ⓘ
Arras battlefields ⓘ
Champagne battlefields ⓘ
Commonwealth War Graves cemeteries ⓘ
Eastern Front battlefields ⓘ
Gallipoli Anzac sector ⓘ
linked to: Anzac Cove

Gallipoli Peninsula battlefields ⓘ
Gallipoli battlefields ⓘ
Hindenburg Line sectors ⓘ
linked to: Hindenburg Line

Isonzo Front battlefields ⓘ
linked to: Isonzo

Italian Front battlefields ⓘ
linked to: Italian Front

Marne battlefields ⓘ
Messines Ridge battlefield ⓘ
linked to: Messines Ridge

Middle Eastern Front battlefields ⓘ
Naval battle sites of World War I ⓘ
Passchendaele battlefield area ⓘ
Somme Thiepval sector ⓘ
linked to: Thiepval Ridge

Somme battlefields ⓘ
linked to: Somme, France

Tannenberg battlefield area ⓘ
linked to: Tannenberg Memorial

Verdun battlefield ⓘ
linked to: Verdun, France

Vimy Ridge battlefield ⓘ
linked to: Vimy Ridge

Western Front battlefields ⓘ
linked to: Western Front

Ypres Salient battlefields ⓘ
battlefield museums ⓘ
bunkers and pillboxes ⓘ
interpretive trails ⓘ
memorial monuments ⓘ
national military cemeteries ⓘ
preserved trenches ⓘ
shell craters and mine craters ⓘ
underground tunnels and dugouts ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
notableFor cratered terrain from shelling ⓘ
extensive trench systems ⓘ
introduction of tanks in combat ⓘ
large-scale use of machine guns ⓘ
mass casualties ⓘ
no man’s land landscapes ⓘ
use of barbed wire defenses ⓘ
use of poison gas ⓘ
partOf legacy of World War I ⓘ
significantEvent World War I ⓘ
subjectOf battlefield tourism ⓘ
commemorative ceremonies ⓘ
documentary films ⓘ
heritage conservation programs ⓘ
military history research ⓘ
war poetry and literature ⓘ
timePeriod 1914–1918 ⓘ
usedFor air reconnaissance operations ⓘ
armored warfare experiments ⓘ
artillery warfare ⓘ
chemical warfare deployment ⓘ
trench warfare ⓘ

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Referenced by (31)

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

Aisne → knownFor → World War I battlefields ⓘ
Meuse department → knownFor → World War I battlefields ⓘ
Meuse valley → hasCulturalSignificance → World War I battles near Verdun ⓘ
linked to: World War I battlefields
Aisne → knownFor → World War I battlefields ⓘ
subject linked to: Aisne (department)
Northeastern France → knownFor → World War I battlefields ⓘ
subject linked to: northeastern France
Champagne, France → knownFor → World War I battlefields ⓘ
Cumières-le-Mort-Homme → hasCategory → World War I sites in France ⓘ
linked to: World War I battlefields
Delville Wood → category → Battlefields of the Western Front (World War I) ⓘ
linked to: World War I battlefields
Mount Voras → hasHistoricalSignificance → World War I battles ⓘ
linked to: World War I battlefields
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon → hasHeritage → World War I battlefields ⓘ
Frank Hurley → notableWork → World War I battlefield photographs on the Western Front ⓘ
linked to: World War I battlefields
Sambre valley region → wasSiteOf → World War I battles ⓘ
linked to: World War I battlefields
Ieper → knownFor → World War I battlefields ⓘ
Halen → knownFor → World War I battlefield sites ⓘ
linked to: World War I battlefields
Somme region → knownFor → World War I battlefields ⓘ
Thiaucourt-Regniéville → notableFor → World War I battlefields ⓘ
Pervyse → hasHeritage → World War I battlefield area ⓘ
linked to: World War I battlefields
Western Belgium → knownFor → World War I battlefields ⓘ
Neuve-Chapelle → notableFor → World War I battlefield ⓘ
linked to: World War I battlefields
Monte Grappa → knownFor → World War I battles ⓘ
linked to: World War I battlefields
Altopiano di Asiago → historicalEvent → World War I battles ⓘ
linked to: World War I battlefields
Altopiano di Asiago → usedAs → World War I frontline ⓘ
linked to: World War I battlefields
Ardennes plateau → knownFor → World War I battles ⓘ
linked to: World War I battlefields
Bully-les-Mines → locatedNear → World War I battlefields around Vimy ⓘ
linked to: World War I battlefields
Passendale → knownFor → World War I battlefields ⓘ
St. Julien, Belgium → knownFor → World War I battlefield ⓘ
linked to: World War I battlefields
Meuse region → knownFor → World War I battlefields ⓘ
Loos-en-Gohelle → notableFor → World War I battlefield ⓘ
subject linked to: Loos-en-Gohelle, France
linked to: World War I battlefields
Villers-Bretonneux → notableFor → World War I battlefields ⓘ
Fricourt → notableFor → World War I battlefields ⓘ
Sagrado → hasHeritageDesignation → World War I historical sites ⓘ
linked to: World War I battlefields