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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:historical_event
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gptkbp:commanded
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gptkb:General_Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Field_Marshal_Bernard_Montgomery
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gptkbp:date
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March 1945
23–24 March 1945 (Operation Plunder)
7 March 1945 (Remagen)
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gptkbp:followedBy
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Advance into Germany
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Crossing of the Rhine
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gptkbp:involves
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gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:German_Army_Group_B
gptkb:U.S._1st_Army
gptkb:U.S._9th_Army
gptkb:British_21st_Army_Group
gptkb:Canadian_1st_Army
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gptkbp:location
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Rhine River, Germany
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Capture_of_the_Ludendorff_Bridge_at_Remagen
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gptkbp:notableOperation
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gptkb:Operation_Varsity
gptkb:Operation_Plunder
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:British_6th_Airborne_Division
gptkb:U.S._17th_Airborne_Division
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gptkbp:objective
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Establish bridgeheads east of the Rhine
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Western_Front_(World_War_II)
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
Collapse of German western defenses
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gptkbp:significance
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Breach of Germany's last major natural defense
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:XII_Corps
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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