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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:England
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:mythological_figure
gptkb:starship
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gptkbp:aftermath
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delayed Allied advance into Germany
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gptkbp:casualties
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Allied casualties estimated at 17,000
German casualties estimated at 13,000
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:Allied_forces
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Major_General_Roy_Urquhart
General Friedrich Kussin
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gptkbp:date
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September 17, 1944
September 26, 1944
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gptkbp:fought_in
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September 17 and September 26, 1944
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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considered a failure of Allied strategy
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Battle of Arnhem
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gptkbp:involved_units
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gptkb:Polish_1st_Independent_Parachute_Brigade
gptkb:British_1st_Airborne_Division
gptkb:US_82nd_Airborne_Division
gptkb:US_101st_Airborne_Division
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gptkbp:legacy
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inspired the film ' A Bridge Too Far'
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Arnhem,_Netherlands
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gptkbp:notable_event
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the evacuation of surviving troops
the failure to secure the bridge
the involvement of the Dutch resistance
the use of gliders for troop transport
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gptkbp:objective
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capture of the Arnhem bridge
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
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gptkbp:result
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Allied defeat
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gptkbp:significance
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part of the larger campaign to liberate the Netherlands
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gptkbp:tactics
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airborne assault
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