Third Battle of Ypres
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The Third Battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, was a major and notoriously brutal First World War offensive fought in 1917 on the Western Front, marked by horrific mud, heavy casualties, and limited territorial gains.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Third Battle of Ypres canonical | 55 |
| Passchendaele | 35 |
| Passchendaele offensive | 4 |
| Battle of Passchendaele | 2 |
| Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7304893 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Third Battle of Ypres Context triple: [Battle of Cambrai, precededBy, Third Battle of Ypres]
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Fifth Battle of Ypres
The Fifth Battle of Ypres was a late-1918 Allied offensive on the Western Front in World War I, aimed at pushing German forces back in Flanders during the final Hundred Days campaign.
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Fourth Battle of Ypres
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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Second Battle of Ypres
The Second Battle of Ypres was a major First World War engagement in 1915, notorious as the site of the first large-scale use of poison gas on the Western Front and heavy fighting involving Allied forces including Canadian troops.
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Battle of Neuve Chapelle
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle was a major early World War I offensive on the Western Front in March 1915, where British and Indian forces launched a concentrated attack against German positions in northern France.
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Battle of the Yser
The Battle of the Yser was a crucial World War I engagement in October 1914 in which Belgian forces, by flooding low-lying terrain along the Yser River, halted the German advance toward the Channel ports.
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Target entity: Third Battle of Ypres Target entity description: The Third Battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, was a major and notoriously brutal First World War offensive fought in 1917 on the Western Front, marked by horrific mud, heavy casualties, and limited territorial gains.
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Fifth Battle of Ypres
The Fifth Battle of Ypres was a late-1918 Allied offensive on the Western Front in World War I, aimed at pushing German forces back in Flanders during the final Hundred Days campaign.
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Fourth Battle of Ypres
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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Second Battle of Ypres
The Second Battle of Ypres was a major First World War engagement in 1915, notorious as the site of the first large-scale use of poison gas on the Western Front and heavy fighting involving Allied forces including Canadian troops.
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Battle of Neuve Chapelle
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle was a major early World War I offensive on the Western Front in March 1915, where British and Indian forces launched a concentrated attack against German positions in northern France.
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Battle of the Yser
The Battle of the Yser was a crucial World War I engagement in October 1914 in which Belgian forces, by flooding low-lying terrain along the Yser River, halted the German advance toward the Channel ports.
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Subject: Third Battle of Ypres Description of subject: The Third Battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, was a major and notoriously brutal First World War offensive fought in 1917 on the Western Front, marked by horrific mud, heavy casualties, and limited territorial gains.
Referenced by (97)
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