Western Allied invasion of Germany

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World War II campaign military campaign

The Western Allied invasion of Germany was the final large-scale offensive by American, British, French, and other Allied forces that crossed into and occupied Nazi Germany in 1945, leading directly to the collapse of the Third Reich in the west.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Allied invasion of Germany	5
Invasion of Germany (1945)	2
Allied invasion of northern Germany	1
Invasion of southern Germany	1
Western Allied advance to the Elbe	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
aim	Defeat Nazi Germany ⓘ Force unconditional surrender of German armed forces ⓘ
belligerent	Belgium ⓘ Canada ⓘ Czechoslovak government-in-exile ⓘ surface form: Czechoslovak forces-in-exile France ⓘ Free French Forces ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Poland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
commander	Bernard Montgomery ⓘ Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ⓘ Omar Bradley ⓘ surface form: Omar N. Bradley
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryAttacked	Nazi Germany ⓘ
endTime	1945 ⓘ
followed	Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine ⓘ Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
followedBy	Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ
hasPart	Advance to the Elbe ⓘ Capture of Cologne ⓘ Capture of Frankfurt ⓘ Capture of Munich ⓘ Capture of Nuremberg ⓘ Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ Ruhr Pocket ⓘ surface form: Encirclement of the Ruhr Liberation of western Czechoslovakia ⓘ Occupation of western Austria ⓘ Operation Plunder ⓘ Operation Plunder ⓘ surface form: Operation Varsity Ruhr Pocket ⓘ
location	Bavaria ⓘ Germany ⓘ Rhineland ⓘ Ruhr ⓘ Saxony ⓘ Thuringia ⓘ West Germany ⓘ surface form: Western Germany
opponent	Nazi Germany ⓘ Waffen-SS ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf	Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front of World War II
result	Collapse of the Third Reich’s western front ⓘ Defeat of Nazi Germany in the west ⓘ Occupation of western Germany by Allied forces ⓘ
significantEvent	Link-up of Western Allies and Soviet forces at the Elbe River ⓘ Victory in Europe Day ⓘ surface form: Surrender of German forces in the West
startTime	1945 ⓘ
timePeriod	final phase of World War II in Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Advance to the Elbe → alsoKnownAs → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Allied advance to the Elbe

French First Army → engagement → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of Germany (1945)

Patton's Third Army → engagement → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of southern Germany

Liberation of France → followedBy → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Germany

Operation Plunder → followedBy → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of northern Germany

Rhineland campaign → followedBy → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Germany

Allied operations in Western Europe → hasPart → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Germany

Western Front → notableEvent → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)

Advance to the Elbe → partOf → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

Battle of the Reichswald → partOf → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Germany

Capture of Cologne → partOf → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

Capture of Frankfurt → partOf → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

Capture of Munich → partOf → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

Capture of Nuremberg → partOf → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

Liberation of western Czechoslovakia → partOf → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

Battle of Aachen → partOfCampaign → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Germany

2nd Armoured Division (France) → participatedIn → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of Germany (1945)

European Theater of Operations, United States Army → participatedIn → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ

James M. Gavin → participatedIn → Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ