Colmar Pocket

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Audie_Murphy
gptkbp:aftermath Impact on post-war borders
Reinforcement of Allied positions in France
gptkbp:casualties High civilian casualties
Significant military casualties
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:cultural_impact Inspiration for literature
Remembered in local history
Documented in films
Commemorated in memorials
gptkbp:date January 1945
gptkbp:end_date February 1945
gptkbp:fighting_style encirclement battle
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Operation_Undertone
gptkbp:geographical_feature gptkb:Rhine_River
gptkb:Vosges_Mountains
gptkbp:historical_analysis Studied in military academies
Examined in World War II studies
gptkbp:historical_event Part of the Alsace Campaign
Involved in the liberation of France
gptkbp:historical_significance Last major German offensive in the West
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colmar Pocket
gptkbp:location gptkb:Monarch
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:German_1st_Army
gptkb:German_19th_Army
gptkb:French_1st_Army
gptkb:U._S._7th_Army
gptkbp:military_strategy gptkb:Operation_Plunder
gptkb:Operation_Blackcock
gptkb:Operation_Varsity
gptkb:Operation_Nordwind
Encirclement
Counteroffensive
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:General_Patton
gptkb:General_Jean_de_Lattre_de_Tassigny
gptkbp:outcome gptkb:Liberation_of_Colmar
Control of Alsace region
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance Strategic position in Alsace
gptkbp:strategic_importance Control of supply routes
Prevention of German reinforcements
gptkbp:tactics Urban warfare
Combined arms operations