Ypres Salient fighting

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Ypres Salient fighting refers to the prolonged and brutal series of World War I battles around the Belgian town of Ypres, marked by trench warfare, massive casualties, and the first large-scale use of poison gas on the Western Front.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I military campaign ⓘ
series of battles ⓘ
belligerent Australia ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
India (British Indian Army) ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army

New Zealand ⓘ
Ottoman Empire (limited involvement via German alliance) ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
commemoratedBy In Flanders Fields Museum ⓘ
Menin Gate Memorial ⓘ
Tyne Cot Cemetery ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
endTime 1918 ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Messines (1917) ⓘ
Battle of Mount Sorrel ⓘ
Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ
Battle of the Lys (1918) ⓘ
First Battle of Ypres ⓘ
Second Battle of Ypres ⓘ
Third Battle of Ypres ⓘ
location Belgium ⓘ
West Flanders ⓘ
Ypres ⓘ
Ypres Salient ⓘ
notableFor artillery bombardments ⓘ
first large-scale use of poison gas on the Western Front ⓘ
high casualties ⓘ
muddy battlefield conditions ⓘ
trench warfare ⓘ
partOf Western Front ⓘ
resultedIn creation of a salient in the Allied front line ⓘ
devastation of the town of Ypres ⓘ
large military and civilian casualties ⓘ
startTime 1914 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of approaches to Channel ports ⓘ
holding the northern sector of the Western Front ⓘ
usedTactic creeping barrage ⓘ
mining and counter-mining ⓘ
trench warfare ⓘ
usedWeapon chlorine gas ⓘ
heavy artillery ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
mustard gas ⓘ
phosgene gas ⓘ
rifles ⓘ

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Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge → partOf → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
Tyne Cot Cemetery → locatedIn → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Battle of St. Julien → location → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Battle of Messines (1917) → front → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Battle of Messines (1917) → terrainFeature → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Hubert Gough → theatreOfOperations → Ypres salient ⓘ
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Campaigns of World War I → hasPart → Ypres salient operations ⓘ
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Battle of Mount Sorrel → locatedIn → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Battle of Mount Sorrel → relatedTo → Ypres Salient battles ⓘ
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Battle of Frezenberg → partOf → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
Battle of Polygon Wood → location → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Cross of Sacrifice at Menin Road South Military Cemetery → associatedWith → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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World War I battlefields → hasPart → Ypres Salient battlefields ⓘ
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Ypres–Comines Canal → passesThrough → Ypres salient region ⓘ
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Menin Gate Memorial → locatedIn → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Menin Gate Memorial → associatedWith → Ypres battles of World War I ⓘ
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In Flanders Fields Museum → locatedNear → Ypres Salient battlefields ⓘ
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In Flanders Fields Museum → associatedWith → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate → associatedWith → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Fifth Battle of Ypres → location → Ypres salient ⓘ
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Earl of Ypres → namedAfter → Ypres salient ⓘ
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Essex Farm Cemetery → frontSector → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Langemark German war cemetery → locatedIn → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Ijzer → flowsThrough → Ypres salient region ⓘ
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Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery → region → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Hill 60 Memorial → locatedIn → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Hill 60 Memorial → strategicFeatureOf → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Sanctuary Wood Cemetery → locatedIn → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Sanctuary Wood Cemetery → associatedWithArea → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Hooge Crater Cemetery → locatedIn → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Polygon Wood Cemetery → locatedIn → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Western Belgium → contains → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Third Battle of Ypres → location → Ypres salient ⓘ
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Ypres 1915 → partOf → Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
Boesinghe → locatedNear → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Ypres Salient fighting → location → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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St. Julien, Belgium → locatedIn → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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St. Julien, Belgium → frontLineArea → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Zonnebeke → locatedIn → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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British Second Army → front → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Wytschaete → locatedIn → Ypres Salient area ⓘ
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Sanctuary Wood → partOf → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Hill 61 → partOf → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Hill 61 → theatreOfWar → Ypres sector of the Western Front ⓘ
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Observatory Ridge → locatedIn → Ypres salient ⓘ
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Hill 62 (Sanctuary Wood) Canadian Memorial → near → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Hill 62 → partOf → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Hill 62 → hasViewOver → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium → regionServed → Ypres Salient ⓘ
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British 27th Division → front → Ypres salient ⓘ
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