Defense of the Rhine

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World War II campaign military campaign

Defense of the Rhine was a late-World War II German defensive campaign aimed at holding the Rhine River line against advancing Allied forces in Western Europe.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Defense of the Rhine canonical 3
Rhine front 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
aimedAt preventing Allied forces from crossing the Rhine ⓘ
belligerent Allied forces in Western Europe ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endTime 1945 ⓘ
followedBy Allied invasion of western Germany ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
location Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Rhine River

Western Europe ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
opponent British Army ⓘ
Canadian Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
Allied forces ⓘ
surface form: Western Allies
participant Allied forces ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
partOf Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ
Western Front of World War II ⓘ
relatedEvent Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Allied crossing of the Rhine

Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Remagen

Ludendorff Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen

Operation Plunder ⓘ
result Allied crossing of the Rhine ⓘ
German defeat ⓘ
river Rhine ⓘ
startTime 1945 ⓘ
strategicObjective delay Allied advance into Germany ⓘ
hold the Rhine River line ⓘ
theaterOfWar European theatre of World War II ⓘ
timePeriod late World War II ⓘ
usedTactic defensive warfare ⓘ
demolition of bridges ⓘ
fortified river line defense ⓘ
rear-guard actions ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

OB West → involvedIn → Defense of the Rhine ⓘ
Grand Alliance in the War of the Spanish Succession → majorTheatre → Defense of the Rhine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine front
French Aerostatic Corps → operationalTheater → Defense of the Rhine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine front
German Army Group B → operation → Defense of the Rhine ⓘ
Army Group G → engagement → Defense of the Rhine ⓘ