Ruhr Pocket

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World War II battle military encirclement

The Ruhr Pocket was a major World War II encirclement in April 1945 in which Allied forces trapped and destroyed a large portion of the German Army in Germany’s industrial Ruhr region, hastening the collapse of Nazi resistance on the Western Front.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Ruhr Pocket canonical 5
Ruhr encirclement 2
Defense of the Ruhr 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military encirclement ⓘ
allianceInvolved Allied forces ⓘ
Allied forces ⓘ
surface form: Western Allies
alsoKnownAs Ruhr Pocket ⓘ
surface form: Ruhr encirclement

Ruhrkessel ⓘ
attackingForce British Second Army ⓘ
surface form: British 2nd Army

U.S. 1st Army ⓘ
U.S. Ninth Army ⓘ
surface form: U.S. 9th Army
commandedBy Walter Model ⓘ
surface form: Field Marshal Walter Model
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
defendingForce Army Group B ⓘ
endTime 1945-04-18 ⓘ
followedBy final Allied advance into central Germany ⓘ
hasCause Allied advance into western Germany ⓘ
hasEffect collapse of German resistance on the Western Front ⓘ
destruction of large German forces in the Ruhr ⓘ
large-scale German surrender ⓘ
locatedIn Germany ⓘ
Ruhr area ⓘ
surface form: Ruhr region
notableEvent mass surrender of German troops in the Ruhr ⓘ
suicide of Field Marshal Walter Model ⓘ
opponent Wehrmacht ⓘ
surface form: German Army
partOf Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front of World War II
result decisive Allied victory ⓘ
encirclement of German Army Group B ⓘ
significantPlace Bochum ⓘ
Dortmund ⓘ
Duisburg ⓘ
Essen ⓘ
Hagen ⓘ
Hamm ⓘ
Hattingen ⓘ
Iserlohn ⓘ
Lüdenscheid ⓘ
Menden ⓘ
Paderborn ⓘ
Remagen, Germany ⓘ
surface form: Remagen

Soest ⓘ
Unna ⓘ
Wesel ⓘ
Wuppertal ⓘ
startTime 1945-04-01 ⓘ
strategicImportance center of German heavy industry ⓘ
major coal and steel production area ⓘ
timePeriod April 1945 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Western Front → notableEvent → Ruhr Pocket ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)
Western Allied invasion of Germany → hasPart → Ruhr Pocket ⓘ
Western Allied invasion of Germany → hasPart → Ruhr Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Encirclement of the Ruhr
Army Group B → notableOperation → Ruhr Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defense of the Ruhr
Army Group B → engagedIn → Ruhr Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defense of the Ruhr Pocket
Ruhr Pocket → alsoKnownAs → Ruhr Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ruhr encirclement
U.S. Ninth Army → engagement → Ruhr Pocket ⓘ
Menden → historicalEvent → Ruhr Pocket ⓘ
Ruhrkessel → hasEnglishName → Ruhr Pocket ⓘ
Ruhrkessel → alsoKnownAs → Ruhr Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ruhr encirclement
Central Europe campaign → hasPart → Ruhr Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ruhr Pocket operations