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Offensive

Name: Offensive – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

7Records

1914–1918Date range

5Named people

5Places

Chronological records

1914

William Birdwood1914

Courtai · Warfare / World War, 1st

Leeds the Courtai Offensive

1916

Frederick Stanley Maude1916

Mesopotamia · Warfare / World War, 1st

Commands the entire front in Mesopotamia

1917

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st2 February 1917

London · Warfare / World War, 1st

Haig orders the Arras Offensive for Eighth April

Julian Hedworth George Byng Vimy, 1st9 April 1917

Arras · Warfare / World War, 1st

Leads the Canadian Corps in capturing Vimy Ridge, 1st day of the Arras Offensive

Horne Stirkoke, 1st9 April 1917

London · Warfare / World War, 1st

9-15 April, the British begin the Nivelle Offensive under Generals Horne & Allenby

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st2 June 1917

Messines · Warfare / World War, 1st

Orders an Allied offensive to distract the Germans from French mutinies

1918

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st7 June 1918

Messines · Warfare / World War, 1st

Launches the Messines offensive

Names involved

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1stFrederick Stanley MaudeHorne Stirkoke, 1stJulian Hedworth George Byng Vimy, 1stWilliam Birdwood

Provenance

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