gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:casualties
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Allied: over 23,000
German: over 90,000
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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:Field_Marshal_Walter_Model
gptkb:Field_Marshal_Bernard_Montgomery
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gptkbp:endDate
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March 27, 1945
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Crossing_of_the_Rhine
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Rhineland 1945
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Rhineland,_Germany
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:Ninth_United_States_Army
gptkb:British_Second_Army
gptkb:German_Fifteenth_Army
gptkb:First_Canadian_Army
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gptkbp:objective
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clear German forces from west of the Rhine
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gptkbp:operator
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gptkb:Operation_Blockbuster
gptkb:Operation_Grenade
gptkb:Operation_Veritable
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Western_Front_of_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 crossing of the Rhine
marked the collapse of German defenses west of the Rhine
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gptkbp:startDate
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February 8, 1945
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_Royal_Highland_Fusiliers_of_Canada
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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