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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:casualties
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Allied: ~4,000
German: ~30,000 captured
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
Bernard Montgomery
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gptkbp:date
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March 1945
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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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Rhine Crossing
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gptkbp:involvedIn
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gptkb:British_21st_Army_Group
gptkb:British_2nd_Army
gptkb:First_Canadian_Army
gptkb:U.S._Ninth_Army
gptkb:U.S._XVIII_Airborne_Corps
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gptkbp:location
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Rhine River, Germany
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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night assault across the Rhine
largest airborne operation in a single day (Operation Varsity)
use of amphibious vehicles
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gptkbp:objective
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cross the Rhine River into western Germany
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gptkbp:operator
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gptkb:Operation_Varsity
gptkb:Operation_Plunder
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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
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gptkbp:significance
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opened the way for Allied advance into northern Germany
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:British_79th_Armoured_Division
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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