Capture of the Ruhr Pocket

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualtiesAllied	relatively light
gptkbp:casualtiesGerman	over 300,000 captured
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:date	April 1–18, 1945
gptkbp:followedBy	Allied advance into central Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Capture of the Ruhr Pocket
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Ruhr_region,_Germany
gptkbp:notableEvent	Suicide of Field Marshal Walter Model
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:German_Army_Group_B gptkb:U.S._1st_Army gptkb:U.S._9th_Army gptkb:British_2nd_Army
gptkbp:numberOfGermanTroopsEncircled	over 300,000
gptkbp:numberOfGermanTroopsSurrendered	over 300,000
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Western_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:precededBy	Allied crossing of the Rhine
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	Destruction of Army Group B Collapse of German resistance in western Germany
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:North-West_Europe_1945
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8