Battle of the Roer Triangle

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_the_Roer_Triangle
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the Roer Triangle
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