Fourth Battle of Ypres

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The Fourth Battle of Ypres was a World War I engagement in 1918, also known as the Battle of the Lys, in which German forces launched a major offensive against Allied positions in Flanders.

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Fourth Battle of Ypres canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Lys ⓘ
German Spring Offensive in Flanders ⓘ
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
commander Douglas Haig ⓘ
Erich Ludendorff ⓘ
Ferdinand von Quast ⓘ
Henry Horne ⓘ
Herbert Plumer ⓘ
Horace Smith-Dorrien ⓘ
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
dateEnd 1918-04-29 ⓘ
dateStart 1918-04-09 ⓘ
followedBy Fifth Battle of Ypres ⓘ
frontLength approximately 20 miles ⓘ
involvedUnit British First Army ⓘ
British Second Army ⓘ
German 4th Army ⓘ
German 6th Army ⓘ
Portuguese Expeditionary Corps ⓘ
location Belgium ⓘ
Flanders ⓘ
France ⓘ
notableEvent collapse of Portuguese 2nd Division lines on 9 April 1918 ⓘ
objective to break Allied lines in Flanders ⓘ
to capture Ypres and drive to the Channel ports ⓘ
operationName Operation Georgette ⓘ
opponent Allied Powers ⓘ
outcome German offensive halted ⓘ
partOf German spring offensive of 1918 ⓘ
Hundred Days leading to the end of World War I ⓘ
precededBy Third Battle of Ypres ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ
Spring Offensive of 1918 ⓘ
result Allied strategic victory ⓘ
German tactical gains ⓘ
strategicSignificance forced Allies to commit reserves to Flanders ⓘ
threatened Allied control of Channel ports ⓘ
theatre Western Front ⓘ
year 1918 ⓘ

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

Ypres → wasSiteOf → Fourth Battle of Ypres ⓘ
Battle of the Lys (1918) → alsoKnownAs → Fourth Battle of Ypres ⓘ
Fifth Battle of Ypres → precededBy → Fourth Battle of Ypres ⓘ