British Expeditionary Force

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Expeditionary_Force

GPTKB entity

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:military_forces
gptkbp:allies	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Belgium gptkb:Canada gptkb:France gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkbp:armament	gptkb:Lee-Enfield_rifle
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:John_French
gptkbp:communication	gptkb:communication
gptkbp:deployment	gptkb:France March 1918 August 1914
gptkbp:disbanded	1919
gptkbp:engaged_in	gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:established_in	gptkb:British_government
gptkbp:financial_support	gptkb:military
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:France gptkb:London
gptkbp:historical_significance	early engagements in WWI
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British Expeditionary Force
gptkbp:intelligence	gptkb:MI5
gptkbp:is_active_in	gptkb:1914 1918
gptkbp:legacy	gptkb:modern_British_Army
gptkbp:logistics	gptkb:military
gptkbp:military_rank	gptkb:Major_General gptkb:Brigadier_General gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel gptkb:Private gptkb:Sergeant gptkb:Colonel gptkb:Captain gptkb:Lieutenant gptkb:General
gptkbp:notable_battle	gptkb:Battle_of_Arras gptkb:Battle_of_Passchendaele gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme gptkb:Battle_of_Mons gptkb:First_Battle_of_Ypres
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:reformed	gptkb:1917
gptkbp:related_vehicle	gptkb:horse_race
gptkbp:replaced_by	gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force_1918
gptkbp:size	over 150,000 troops
gptkbp:strategic_importance	defense of France
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:British_Army_in_France
gptkbp:tactics	trench warfare
gptkbp:transportation	railways
gptkbp:uniform	khaki
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Fall_of_France gptkb:Lord_Kitchener gptkb:Battle_of_Amiens gptkb:Battle_of_Arras gptkb:Battle_of_Passchendaele gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme gptkb:Battle_of_the_Aisne_River gptkb:French_Army gptkb:Dunkirk gptkb:Dunkirk_evacuation gptkb:Battle_of_the_Hindenburg_Line gptkb:Battle_of_the_Marne gptkb:General_Douglas_Haig
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4