Battle of the Roer Triangle

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties	Allied: over 1,100 German: over 3,000
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_forces German forces
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Lieutenant-General_Neil_Ritchie General Gustav-Adolf von Zangen
gptkbp:endDate	27 January 1945
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Operation_Veritable
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Limburg,_Netherlands Roer Triangle, Netherlands
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:British_Second_Army gptkb:12th_SS_Panzer_Division_Hitlerjugend gptkb:52nd_(Lowland)_Infantry_Division gptkb:2nd_Canadian_Armoured_Brigade gptkb:43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division gptkb:8th_Armoured_Brigade gptkb:7th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom) gptkb:15th_Panzergrenadier_Division 176th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) XII Corps (United Kingdom)
gptkbp:objective	Clear German forces from the Roer Triangle
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:Operation_Blackcock
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:startDate	16 January 1945
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Allied_advance_from_Paris_to_the_Rhine
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Battle of the Roer Triangle