Somme Offensive

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (81)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkbp:belligerent	gptkb:British_Empire gptkb:German_Empire gptkb:French_Third_Republic
gptkbp:casualties	over 1 million
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Douglas_Haig gptkb:Ferdinand_Foch gptkb:Fritz_von_Below gptkb:Max_von_Gallwitz
gptkbp:endDate	18 November 1916
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Somme Offensive
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Somme_River,_France
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_Bazentin_Ridge gptkb:Battle_of_Fromelles gptkb:Battle_of_Mouquet_Farm gptkb:Battle_of_Pozières gptkb:Battle_of_Achiet-le-Grand gptkb:Battle_of_Albert_(1916) gptkb:Battle_of_Ancre gptkb:Battle_of_Ancre_Heights gptkb:Battle_of_Bapaume gptkb:Battle_of_Bazentin_le_Grand gptkb:Battle_of_Bazentin_le_Petit gptkb:Battle_of_Beaumont_Hamel gptkb:Battle_of_Boom_Ravine gptkb:Battle_of_Bucquoy gptkb:Battle_of_Butte_de_Warlencourt gptkb:Battle_of_Combles gptkb:Battle_of_Contalmaison gptkb:Battle_of_Courcelette gptkb:Battle_of_Delville_Wood gptkb:Battle_of_Desire_Trench gptkb:Battle_of_Eaucourt_l'Abbaye gptkb:Battle_of_Flers–Courcelette gptkb:Battle_of_Fricourt gptkb:Battle_of_Ginchy gptkb:Battle_of_Grévillers gptkb:Battle_of_Grandcourt gptkb:Battle_of_Gueudecourt gptkb:Battle_of_Guillemont gptkb:Battle_of_High_Wood gptkb:Battle_of_Irles gptkb:Battle_of_La_Boisselle gptkb:Battle_of_Le_Sars gptkb:Battle_of_Le_Transloy gptkb:Battle_of_Lesbœufs gptkb:Battle_of_Lesboeufs gptkb:Battle_of_Ligny-Thilloy gptkb:Battle_of_Longeuval gptkb:Battle_of_Longueval gptkb:Battle_of_Loupart_Wood gptkb:Battle_of_Mametz gptkb:Battle_of_Martinpuich gptkb:Battle_of_Montauban gptkb:Battle_of_Morval gptkb:Battle_of_Munich_Trench gptkb:Battle_of_Ovillers gptkb:Battle_of_Redan_Ridge gptkb:Battle_of_Regina_Trench gptkb:Battle_of_Sailly-Saillisel gptkb:Battle_of_Schwaben_Redoubt gptkb:Battle_of_Serre gptkb:Battle_of_St_Pierre_Divion gptkb:Battle_of_Stuff_Redoubt gptkb:Battle_of_Thiepval_Ridge gptkb:Battle_of_Trônes_Wood gptkb:Battle_of_Transloy_Ridges gptkb:Battle_of_Warlencourt gptkb:Battle_of_the_Ancre gptkb:Battle_of_the_Ancre_Heights gptkb:Battle_of_Beaucourt gptkb:Battle_of_Miraumont
gptkbp:notableEvent	first use of the tank in warfare
gptkbp:objective	break through German lines relieve pressure on Verdun
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:result	inconclusive
gptkbp:startDate	1 July 1916
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4