English noun: Soissons | |||
1. | Soissons (act) a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure | ||
Synonyms | battle of Soissons-Reims, battle of the Aisne, battle of the Chemin-des-Dames | ||
Instance hypernym | pitched battle | ||
Part meronym | First World War, Great War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I | ||
Domain region | France, French Republic | ||