Battle of the Ruhr Valley

GPTKB entity

Properties (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military battle
gptkbp:aftermath Accelerated_end_of_the_war_in_Europe
Collapse_of_German_defenses
gptkbp:casualties High civilian casualties
Significant military casualties
gptkbp:date 1945
gptkbp:duration March 1945 to April 1945
gptkbp:followedBy Invasion of Germany
gptkbp:historicalContext Part of the Western Front
Final_stages_of_World_War_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the Ruhr Valley
gptkbp:impact Influence on post-war reconstruction
Shift_in_balance_of_power_in_Europe
gptkbp:key_figure gptkb:General_Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Field_Marshal_Walter_Model
gptkb:General_Omar_Bradley
gptkb:General_Bernard_Montgomery
gptkbp:location Ruhr_Valley,_Germany
gptkbp:outcome Destruction_of_German_infrastructure
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy Battle of the Bulge
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Ardennes
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Netherlands
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Mediterranean
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Rhine
Battle of the Seine
Battle of the Scheldt
Operation Plunder
Operation Varsity
Battle of France (1940)
Battle of the Somme (1944)
gptkbp:result Allied_victory
gptkbp:scope Disrupt_German_industry
gptkbp:significance Strategic industrial area
gptkbp:supportRole gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:tactics Use of combined arms
Ground assault
Air bombardment
Encirclement_of_German_forces