Operation Market Garden (WWII)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Operation_Market_Garden_(WWII)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:airborneDivision	gptkb:1st_Airborne_Division_(UK) gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division_(US) gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division_(US) gptkb:Polish_1st_Parachute_Brigade
gptkbp:battle	gptkb:Battle_of_Eindhoven gptkb:Battle_of_Nijmegen gptkb:Battle_of_Arnhem
gptkbp:casualties	over 17,000 Allied casualties over 8,000 German casualties
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:Market_Garden
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Wilhelm_Bittrich gptkb:Kurt_Student Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:componentOperation	gptkb:Operation_Garden gptkb:Operation_Market
gptkbp:depictedIn	A Bridge Too Far (1977)
gptkbp:endDate	1944-09-25
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkbp:groundForce	gptkb:XXX_Corps_(UK)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Operation Market Garden (WWII)
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Germany gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:Poland gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:British_Army gptkb:German_Army gptkb:U.S._Army gptkb:Polish_1st_Independent_Parachute_Brigade
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Netherlands
gptkbp:notableEvent	failure to capture Arnhem bridge largest airborne operation at the time
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Nijmegen gptkb:Son gptkb:cemetery gptkb:Arnhem gptkb:Oosterbeek Eindhoven
gptkbp:objective	secure bridges over the Rhine
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:II_SS_Panzer_Corps
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:plannedBy	gptkb:Allied_Forces
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Normandy_Campaign
gptkbp:result	Allied defeat
gptkbp:significance	attempt to end the war by Christmas 1944 failure prolonged the war in Western Europe
gptkbp:startDate	1944-09-17
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Overbetuwe gptkb:Nederasselt
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7