Battle of the Hürtgen Forest
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:casualties |
Germany: ~28,000
United States: ~33,000 |
gptkbp:combatant |
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:United_States |
gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:Walter_Model
gptkb:Courtney_Hodges |
gptkbp:country |
gptkb:Germany
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gptkbp:endDate |
1945-02-10
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gptkbp:followedBy |
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Battle of the Hürtgen Forest
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Hürtgen_Forest
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gptkbp:notableFor |
heavy casualties
longest battle on German ground during World War II |
gptkbp:objective |
capture of the Rur River dams
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gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Battle_of_Aachen
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gptkbp:result |
German defensive victory
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gptkbp:significance |
delayed Allied advance into Germany
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gptkbp:startDate |
1944-09-19
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gptkbp:terrain |
dense forest
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Battle_of_Aachen
gptkb:US_1st_Infantry_Division |
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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