Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Hamel
gptkb:Battle_of_Villers-Bretonneux
gptkbp:aftermath increased morale for Allies
gptkbp:casualties significant casualties
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Major_General_John_Monash
Lieutenant General Sir William Birdwood
gptkbp:date April 1918
24-25 April 1918
gptkbp:defense retaking Villers-Bretonneux
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Battle_of_Hamel
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:award
gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:memorial
gptkb:German_Spring_Offensive
gptkb:battle
military alliances
trench warfare
British military history
Australian military history
Allied counteroffensive
French military history
battlefield conditions
infantry tactics
logistics in warfare
cavalry use
artillery use
war casualties
commemoration of battles
gptkbp:historical_event part of the Hundred Days Offensive
gptkbp:historical_significance part of the Spring Offensive
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux
gptkbp:is_involved_in gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force
gptkb:Australian_Imperial_Force
gptkbp:location gptkb:Somme_department
gptkb:Villers-Bretonneux,_France
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:German_2nd_Army
gptkb:British_4th_Division
Australian 13th Brigade
Australian 15th Brigade
gptkbp:military_strategy gptkb:Operation_Michael
gptkb:Operation_Georgette
defensive positions
gptkbp:objective recapture territory
gptkbp:outcome German retreat
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:preceded_by First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance stopped German advance
gptkbp:significant_event April 1918
gptkbp:strategic_importance gptkb:defense_of_Amiens
gptkbp:tactics counterattack