American Expeditionary Forces

major formation of the United States Army in the Western Front of World War I
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American Expeditionary Forces
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American Expeditionary Forces

Summary

American Expeditionary Forces is a military unit[1]. It ranks in the top 0.94% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (403 views/month, #47 of 4,978).[2]

Key Facts

  • American Expeditionary Forces is in the country of United States[3].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's image is recorded as General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces SSI.png[4].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's instance of is recorded as military unit[5].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's instance of is recorded as expeditionary force[6].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121556399[7].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 129053844[8].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's GND ID is recorded as 5026840-5[9].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84077783[10].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13746120z[11].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's IdRef ID is recorded as 02967428X[12].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's location is recorded as Chaumont[13].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's part of is recorded as United States Army[14].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's Commons category is recorded as American Expeditionary Forces[15].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's archives at is recorded as National Archives and Records Administration[16].
  • +1917-07-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of American Expeditionary Forces[17].
  • American Expeditionary Forces was dissolved in +1920-08-31T00:00:00Z[18].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's participated in conflict is recorded as Western Front[19].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01tgh5[20].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20090625017[21].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's topic's main category is recorded as Category:American Expeditionary Forces[22].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000134084[23].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/American-Expeditionary-Force[24].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American Expeditionary Forces'}[25].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's BBC Things ID is recorded as f89d7513-a3ff-4186-8ad4-7a680aaced97[26].
  • American Expeditionary Forces's NLP ID is recorded as a0000003239241[27].

Body

Founding

+1917-07-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of American Expeditionary Forces[17].

Identity

American Expeditionary Forces's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[25]. Its part of is recorded as United States Army[14]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'AEF'}[28].

Dissolution

American Expeditionary Forces was dissolved in +1920-08-31T00:00:00Z[18].

Why It Matters

American Expeditionary Forces ranks in the top 0.94% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (403 views/month, #47 of 4,978).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . abmc.gov. Retrieved . abmc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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