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.

Aliases (1)

Aachen Campaign ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → battle →
alsoKnownAs	Aachen Campaign →
belligerent	Canada → Nazi Germany → United Kingdom → 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 → Battle of the Hürtgen Forest →
front	Western Front →
involvesMilitaryUnit	116th Panzer Division → 1st Infantry Division (United States) → 1st Panzer Division → 30th Infantry Division (United States) → 3rd Panzergrenadier Division → 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 of World War II →
partOfCampaign	Allied invasion of Germany →
precededBy	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 (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
First United States Army → Westwall →	notableBattle
Battle of Aachen ("Aachen Campaign") →	alsoKnownAs
World War II battles →	hasNotableBattle
Siegfried Line →	sawMajorCombat