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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:aftermath
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Consolidation of Allied control in southern Netherlands
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gptkbp:casualties
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Allied casualties approximately 1,200
German casualties approximately 1,000
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:German_forces
gptkb:Allied_forces
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:General_Bernard_Montgomery
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gptkbp:commemoration
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Annually commemorated by local authorities
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gptkbp:date
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September 18-20, 1944
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gptkbp:film
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Featured in films about World War II
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gptkbp:followed_by
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gptkb:Battle_of_Nijmegen
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gptkbp:historical_context
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Part of World War II
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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Part of the larger Allied campaign in Western Europe
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Battle of Eindhoven
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gptkbp:intelligence
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Allied intelligence underestimated German strength
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gptkbp:involved
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gptkb:Polish_1st_Independent_Parachute_Brigade
gptkb:British_101st_Airborne_Division
gptkb:US_82nd_Airborne_Division
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gptkbp:key_figures
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gptkb:General_John_Frost
gptkb:General_Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:General_George_S._Patton
gptkb:Field_Marshal_Bernard_Montgomery
gptkb:General_Philippe_Leclerc
gptkb:General_Maxwell_Taylor
gptkb:General_Matthew_Ridgway
gptkb:General_André_Beaufre
gptkb:General_Henri_Giraud
gptkb:General_Browning
gptkb:General_Alphonse_Juin
gptkb:General_Jean_de_Lattre_de_Tassigny
gptkb:General_Philippe_Pétain
gptkb:General_James_Gavin
gptkb:General_Charles_de_Gaulle
gptkb:General_Omar_Bradley
gptkb:Major_General_Roy_Urquhart
gptkb:General_Eisenhower
gptkb:General_Jacques_Massu
gptkb:General_Pierre_Koenig
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Lewis_Brereton
gptkb:General_Georges_Catroux
gptkb:General_H._D._G._Crerar
gptkb:General_Horrocks
gptkb:General_Joseph_de_Lattre_de_Tassigny
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gptkbp:legacy
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Influenced future airborne operations
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Eindhoven,_Netherlands
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gptkbp:logistics
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Challenges in supply lines
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gptkbp:media
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Documentaries produced about the battle
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gptkbp:memorials
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Various memorials exist in Eindhoven
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gptkbp:military_strategy
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Use of airborne troops to seize key locations
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gptkbp:objective
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Secure the road to Arnhem
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gptkbp:outcome
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Facilitated further Allied advances in the Netherlands
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
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gptkbp:preceded_by
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gptkb:Battle_of_Arnhem
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:significance
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Strategic capture of bridges
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gptkbp:strategic_goals
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Establish a bridgehead over the Rhine
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gptkbp:tactics
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Combined arms operations
Ground assaults
Airborne landings
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gptkbp:type
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Airborne operation
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gptkbp:weather_conditions
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Poor weather hampered air support
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gptkbp:writings
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Books written about Operation Market Garden
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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