Closing of the Falaise Pocket
GPTKB entity
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:military_operation
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Falaise_Gap
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| gptkbp:casualties |
Allied: 6,000–10,000 killed or wounded
German: 10,000–15,000 killed, 40,000–50,000 captured |
| gptkbp:combatant |
gptkb:Allied_forces
German forces |
| gptkbp:commanded |
gptkb:General_Omar_Bradley
gptkb:General_George_S._Patton gptkb:Field_Marshal_Bernard_Montgomery Field Marshal Günther von Kluge |
| gptkbp:date |
August 19–21, 1944
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| gptkbp:followedBy |
gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Closing of the Falaise Pocket
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Falaise,_Normandy,_France
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| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
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| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Operation_Cobra
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| gptkbp:result |
Allied victory
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| gptkbp:significance |
Encirclement and destruction of German Army Group B
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Battle_of_Hill_262
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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