Operation Market Garden

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:airborneComponent gptkb:Operation_Market
gptkbp:airborneDivisions gptkb:1st_Airborne_Division_(UK)
gptkb:1st_Polish_Parachute_Brigade
gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division_(US)
gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division_(US)
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:axisForces gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:casualtiesAllied ~17,000
gptkbp:casualtiesGerman ~8,000
gptkbp:cause delays in ground advance
failure to secure Arnhem bridge
stronger German resistance than expected
gptkbp:codename gptkb:Market_Garden
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Walter_Model
gptkb:Wilhelm_Bittrich
gptkb:Maxwell_D._Taylor
gptkb:Frederick_Browning
Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:depictedIn gptkb:A_Bridge_Too_Far
gptkbp:endDate 1944-09-25
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkbp:groundComponent gptkb:Operation_Garden
gptkbp:groundForces gptkb:XXX_Corps_(UK)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Market Garden
gptkbp:involvedCountry gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:location gptkb:Netherlands
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Eindhoven
gptkb:Battle_of_Nijmegen
gptkb:Battle_of_Arnhem
gptkbp:objective secure bridges over the Rhine
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:plannedBy Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Normandy_landings
gptkbp:result Allied failure
gptkbp:significance largest airborne operation in history at the time
gptkbp:startDate 1944-09-17
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division
gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4