Battle of Elsenborn Ridge

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:US_Army_Forces_in_the_European_Theater
gptkbp:aftermath reinforcement of Allied positions
gptkbp:casualties high
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:General_George_S._Patton
gptkbp:date December 16, 1944
January 25, 1945
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkbp:historical_significance gptkb:strategic_location
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Elsenborn Ridge
gptkbp:inspired historical research
military studies
war games
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in commemorative sites
gptkbp:is_involved_in infantry units
artillery units
armored units
gptkbp:landscape hilly and wooded
gptkbp:legacy influenced future military strategies
gptkbp:location Elsenborn Ridge, Belgium
gptkbp:media gptkb:books
gptkb:documentaries
gptkb:films
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:General_George_H._Decker
gptkb:General_Matthew_Ridgway
gptkb:General_John_W._Leonard
gptkb:General_William_H._Simpson
gptkb:General_George_C._Marshall
gptkb:General_Omar_Bradley
gptkb:General_Leonard_T._Gerow
gptkb:General_Jacob_L._Devers
gptkb:General_J._Lawton_Collins
gptkb:General_Anthony_Mc_Auliffe
gptkbp:outcome halted German advance
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Operation_Wacht_am_Rhein
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance part of the Battle of the Bulge
gptkbp:tactics defensive
counter-offensive