Arnhem 1944

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battle

Arnhem 1944 refers to the World War II battle around the Dutch city of Arnhem, most notably the failed Allied airborne assault during Operation Market Garden.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Arnhem	11
Arnhem airborne landings	1
Battle of Arnhem area	1
German counteroffensive at Arnhem	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ
airborneComponentOf	Market (airborne) phase of Operation Market Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Arnhem operation NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Arnhem NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
commander	Roy Urquhart NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanislaw Sosabowski NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Model NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilhelm Bittrich NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
consequence	continued German control of the Lower Rhine crossings ⓘ delay of Allied advance into Germany ⓘ
countryInvolved	Canada ⓘ Germany ⓘ Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1944-09-26 ⓘ
groundComponentSupportedBy	Garden (ground) phase of Operation Market Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLocation	Arnhem NERFINISHED ⓘ Gelderland NERFINISHED ⓘ Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Oosterbeek perimeter defense NERFINISHED ⓘ airborne landings near Wolfheze ⓘ fighting at Arnhem road bridge ⓘ
involvedUnit	British 1st Airborne Division NERFINISHED ⓘ II SS Panzer Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ XXX Corps (British Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	“a bridge too far” characterization of the Arnhem bridge objective ⓘ
objective	capture the bridge over the Lower Rhine at Arnhem ⓘ
operationType	airborne assault ⓘ airborne landings ⓘ
outcome	failure of Allies to hold Arnhem bridge ⓘ
partOf	Operation Market Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork	A Bridge Too Far (book) NERFINISHED ⓘ A Bridge Too Far (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	German victory ⓘ
startDate	1944-09-17 ⓘ
strategicContext	Allied attempt to secure a bridgehead over the Rhine ⓘ part of Allied advance into the Netherlands ⓘ
theater	European theatre of World War II ⓘ
year	1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

British I Airborne Corps → associatedWith → Arnhem 1944 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arnhem airborne landings

1st Airborne Division → battleHonour → Arnhem 1944 ⓘ

King’s Shropshire Light Infantry → battleHonour → Arnhem 1944 ⓘ

Rhine bridge at Arnhem → conflict → Arnhem 1944 ⓘ