Battle of Verrières Ridge

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Verrières_Ridge
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:CanadianUnit gptkb:3rd_Canadian_Infantry_Division
gptkb:Canadian_Armoured_Corps
gptkb:2nd_Canadian_Infantry_Division
gptkbp:casualties high Canadian casualties
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Kurt_Meyer
gptkb:Heinz_Lammerding
gptkb:Guy_Simonds
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:date 19–25 July 1944
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Operation_Totalize
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Verrières Ridge
gptkbp:location gptkb:Verrières_Ridge,_Normandy,_France
gptkbp:objective capture of Verrières Ridge
gptkbp:opposingUnit gptkb:12th_SS_Panzer_Division_Hitlerjugend
gptkb:272nd_Infantry_Division
gptkb:1st_SS_Panzer_Division_Leibstandarte_SS_Adolf_Hitler
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkb:Operation_Spring
gptkb:Operation_Atlantic
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_for_Caen
gptkbp:result German defensive victory
gptkbp:significance one of the bloodiest battles for Canadian forces in Normandy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Black_Watch_(Royal_Highland_Regiment)_of_Canada
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6