Battle of the Lys (1940)

Property	Value
rdf:type	owl:NamedIndividual Battle involving France in modern history May 1940 event Battle or operation of World War II involving Belgium Land battle of World War II involving the United Kingdom Battle in Flanders
rdfs:label	Battle of the Lys (1940)
owl:sameAs	dbr:Battle_of_the_Lys_(1940)
prov:wasDerivedFrom	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:May_1940_events http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12/13th_Battalion_of_the_Line http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battles_involving_France_in_modern_history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Battles_in_Flanders http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Battles_and_operations_of_World_War_II_involving_Belgium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilaire_Belloc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Land_battles_of_World_War_II_involving_the_United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1940 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_in_Belgium
skos:prefLabel	Battle of the Lys (1940)
skos:altLabel	Battle of the Lys German breakthrough around Kortrijk German breakthrough near Kortrijk La Lys 1940 Lys Battle Lys battle along the Leie river enemy attacks on the river Lys fighting on the Lys river last ditch defense pushed back into a pocket the breakthrough of the Germans when the Germans attacked on the 25th of May
clgo:causalties	40,000+ casualties
clgo:combatant	Belgium United Kingdom
clgo:commander	Oscar Michiels Fedor von Bock Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke Georges Maurice Jean Blanchard Leopold III of Belgium Georg von Küchler
clgo:date	1940-05-28
clgo:isPartOfMilitaryConflict	Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) German invasion of Belgium (1940)
clgo:place	Kortrijk Belgium
clgo:result	German victory * Belgian surrender on 28 May *Vinkt massacre
clgo:strength	500,000 12 divisions
is clgo:battle of	Albrecht Lanz

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