Battle of Aachen

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Aachen was a major World War II engagement in 1944 in which Allied forces captured the German city of Aachen, marking the first major German city to fall to the Western Allies and breaching Germany’s western defenses.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Aachen canonical	6
Aachen Campaign	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Aachen ⓘ surface form: Aachen Campaign
belligerent	Canada ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
casualties	heavy on both sides ⓘ
characterizedBy	extensive artillery bombardment ⓘ intense urban combat ⓘ street-to-street fighting ⓘ
cityCaptured	Aachen ⓘ
combatType	urban warfare ⓘ
commander	Charles H. Corlett ⓘ Gerhard Wilck ⓘ Gerhard von Schwerin ⓘ Leland S. Hobbs ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryWhoseCityWasCaptured	Germany ⓘ
defensiveLine	Siegfried Line ⓘ
endDate	1944-10-21 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of the Bulge ⓘ Hürtgen Forest ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Hürtgen Forest
front	Western Front ⓘ
involvesMilitaryUnit	116th Panzer Division ⓘ United States 1st Infantry Division ⓘ surface form: 1st Infantry Division (United States) 1st Panzer Division ⓘ U.S. 30th Infantry Division ⓘ surface form: 30th Infantry Division (United States) 3rd Panzergrenadier Division ⓘ VII Corps ⓘ surface form: U.S. VII Corps U.S. XIX Corps ⓘ
location	Aachen ⓘ Germany ⓘ North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
notableFor	first major city of the Third Reich captured by Western Allies ⓘ
opponent	Allied forces ⓘ German forces ⓘ
partOf	Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine ⓘ Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front of World War II
partOfCampaign	Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ surface form: Allied invasion of Germany
precededBy	Battle of Mons ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Mons Pocket
result	Allied victory ⓘ
startDate	1944-10-02 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	breach of Germany's western defenses ⓘ first major German city captured by Western Allies ⓘ opened route into the German heartland ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ
year	1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Siegfried Line → sawMajorCombat → Battle of Aachen ⓘ

Westwall → notableBattle → Battle of Aachen ⓘ

Battle of Aachen → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Aachen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aachen Campaign

World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Aachen ⓘ

First United States Army → notableBattle → Battle of Aachen ⓘ

116th Panzer Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Aachen ⓘ

Gerhard Wilck → eventParticipatedIn → Battle of Aachen ⓘ