Allied liberation of the Low Countries

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World War II campaign military campaign

The Allied liberation of the Low Countries was the World War II campaign in which Allied forces freed Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg from German occupation in 1944–1945.

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Label	Occurrences
Allied liberation of the Low Countries canonical	1
Liberation in World War II (1944)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Canada ⓘ Dutch resistance ⓘ Free Belgian forces ⓘ Luxembourg Resistance ⓘ surface form: Luxembourgish resistance United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
commandedBy	Bernard Montgomery ⓘ Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ Harry Crerar ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryFreed	Belgium ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ
endTime	1945 ⓘ
followedBy	Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ surface form: Allied invasion of Germany
follows	Battle of Normandy ⓘ Battle of Normandy ⓘ surface form: Normandy landings
hasPart	Battle of the Bulge ⓘ Battle of the Scheldt ⓘ Operation Aintree ⓘ Operation Market Garden ⓘ Operation Pheasant ⓘ Operation Plunder ⓘ Operation Veritable ⓘ liberation of Belgium ⓘ liberation of Luxembourg ⓘ liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ
location	Belgium ⓘ Low Countries ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ
notableEvent	Dutch famine of 1944–45 ⓘ surface form: Hunger Winter in the occupied Netherlands
opponent	Nazi Germany ⓘ
partOf	Western Front of World War II ⓘ
precededBy	German occupation of Belgium during World War II ⓘ surface form: German occupation of Belgium German occupation of Luxembourg ⓘ Nazi occupation of the Netherlands ⓘ surface form: German occupation of the Netherlands
result	Allied victory ⓘ end of German occupation in Belgium ⓘ end of German occupation in Luxembourg ⓘ end of German occupation in the Netherlands ⓘ
startTime	1944 ⓘ
strategicObjective	expel German forces from the Low Countries ⓘ open port of Antwerp ⓘ secure approaches to the Rhine ⓘ
theatre	North-West Europe campaign ⓘ surface form: Northwest Europe campaign
timePeriod	1944–1945 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Battle of the Scheldt → campaign → Allied liberation of the Low Countries ⓘ

Mons, Belgium → historicalEvent → Allied liberation of the Low Countries ⓘ

subject surface form: Mons

this entity surface form: Liberation in World War II (1944)