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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
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