British Expeditionary Force (1916)

GPTKB entity

Statements (65)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:casualties over 400,000
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:General_Sir_John_French
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Sir_Douglas_Haig
gptkb:General_Sir_Hubert_Gough
gptkb:General_Sir_Henry_Seymour_Rawlinson
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:Middle_East
gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkb:Italian_Front
gptkbp:disbanded 1919
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:military_unit
rifles
tanks
gptkbp:formed gptkb:1914
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Monarch
gptkbp:historical_significance First large-scale deployment of British troops in WWI
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Expeditionary Force (1916)
gptkbp:is_engaged_in gptkb:Battle_of_Arras
gptkb:Battle_of_Passchendaele
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:Battle_of_Verdun
gptkbp:logistics gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:public_transportation_system
gptkb:battle
gptkb:railway_line
maintenance
strategic planning
field hospitals
supply chains
tactical operations
ammunition supply
supply depots
food supply
reconnaissance missions
supply routes
combat support
command centers
fuel supply
field operations
air support
transport vehicles
transport ships
reinforcements
battlefield management
war planning
gptkbp:motto “ The British Army”
gptkbp:notable_allies gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:India
gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Europe
gptkb:Asia
gptkb:North_Africa
Pacific
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force_(1917)
gptkbp:size over 1 million personnel
gptkbp:successor gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:General_Sir_George_Milne
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6