Battle of the Ruhr Pocket

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_the_Ruhr_Pocket

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties	high German casualties relatively low Allied casualties
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_forces gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:General_Omar_Bradley gptkb:Field_Marshal_Walter_Model gptkb:Field_Marshal_Bernard_Montgomery
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:endDate	1945-04-18
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Berlin
gptkbp:heldPrisonersFrom	over 300,000 German soldiers
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Ruhr_region,_Germany
gptkbp:notableEvent	Suicide of Walter Model
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:German_Army_Group_B gptkb:U.S._1st_Army gptkb:U.S._9th_Army gptkb:British_2nd_Army
gptkbp:objective	Encircle and destroy German forces in the Ruhr
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Western_Front_(World_War_II) gptkb:Allied_invasion_of_Germany
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Operation_Plunder
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	Encirclement and capture of large German forces
gptkbp:startDate	1945-03-01
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Walter_Model gptkb:Walther_Model
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Battle of the Ruhr Pocket