Liberation of the Netherlands

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World War II campaign historical event military campaign

The Liberation of the Netherlands was the final phase of World War II in the country, when Allied forces freed Dutch territory from German occupation in 1944–1945.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Liberation of the Netherlands canonical	18
Allied campaign in southern Netherlands	1
World War II in the Netherlands	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign ⓘ historical event ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Allied forces ⓘ Belgium ⓘ Canada ⓘ Czechoslovakia ⓘ France ⓘ Free Dutch forces ⓘ Poland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
commander	Bernard Montgomery ⓘ Charles Foulkes ⓘ Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ Guy Simonds ⓘ Harry Crerar ⓘ Johannes Blaskowitz ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag) ⓘ
commemoratedOn	5 May ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
dateOfSurrender	5 May 1945 ⓘ
endTime	May 1945 ⓘ
followedBy	post-war reconstruction of the Netherlands ⓘ
hasCause	Nazi occupation of the Netherlands ⓘ surface form: German occupation of the Netherlands
hasPart	liberation of the northern Netherlands ⓘ liberation of the southern Netherlands ⓘ liberation of the western Netherlands ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
location	Nazi occupation of the Netherlands ⓘ surface form: German-occupied Netherlands
mainParticipatingUnit	Dutch resistance ⓘ First Canadian Army ⓘ Polish 1st Armoured Division ⓘ British Second Army ⓘ surface form: Second British Army U.S. 101st Airborne Division ⓘ U.S. 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ
opponent	German Army Group H ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf	Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front of World War II
placeOfSurrender	Wageningen ⓘ
result	end of German occupation of the Netherlands ⓘ restoration of Dutch sovereignty ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of the Scheldt ⓘ Hunger Winter ⓘ Operation Market Garden ⓘ Operation Plunder ⓘ Operation Veritable ⓘ food drops in Operation Chowhound ⓘ food drops in Operation Manna ⓘ
startTime	September 1944 ⓘ
surrenderedTo	First Canadian Army ⓘ surface form: Canadian First Army

Referenced by (20)

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

Western Front → result → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)

21st Army Group → operation → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

Liberation of Belgium → relatedTo → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

1st Canadian Division → notableEngagement → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

3rd Canadian Infantry Division → operation → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

First Canadian Army → engagedIn → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag) → relatedTo → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II in the Netherlands

Liberation of ’s-Hertogenbosch → partOf → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied campaign in southern Netherlands

Canadian I Corps → notableEngagement → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

2nd Canadian Infantry Division → engagement → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

4th Canadian Armoured Division → campaign → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

5th Canadian Armoured Division → notableEngagement → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

II Canadian Corps → participatedIn → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

Harry Crerar → notableEvent → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

I British Corps → participatedIn → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

1st Belgian Infantry Brigade → participatedIn → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

Canadian II Corps → conflict → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

7th Canadian Infantry Brigade → participatedIn → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

9th Canadian Infantry Brigade → participatedIn → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ

29th Armoured Brigade → participatedIn → Liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ