gptkbp:instanceOf
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military encirclement
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Soviet_Union
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Carl_Hilpert
gptkb:Ivan_Bagramyan
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gptkbp:conflict
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Latvia
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gptkbp:endDate
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May 1945
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gptkbp:eventType
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gptkb:castle
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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One of the last German holdouts in WWII
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Courland Pocket (WWII)
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Courland_Peninsula
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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German forces isolated from main front
Repeated Soviet offensives
German surrender after VE Day
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:2nd_Baltic_Front
gptkb:1st_Baltic_Front
gptkb:Army_Group_Courland
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gptkbp:numberOfGermanTroops
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~200,000
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gptkbp:numberOfSovietTroops
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~500,000
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Army_Group_North
gptkb:Soviet_Baltic_Offensive
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gptkbp:result
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Soviet victory
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gptkbp:startDate
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October 1944
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gptkbp:surrenderedTo
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8 May 1945
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Курземе
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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