Rhineland campaign

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Allied offensive military campaign

The Rhineland campaign was a major Allied offensive in early 1945 aimed at clearing German forces from west of the Rhine River as a prelude to the final invasion of Nazi Germany.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rhineland Campaign	7
Rhineland Campaign (1945)	1
Siegfried Line campaign	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied offensive ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Allied forces ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ
commandedBy	Bernard Montgomery ⓘ Courtney Hodges ⓘ Harry Crerar ⓘ Omar Bradley ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Canada ⓘ Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	1945-03 ⓘ
followedBy	Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ surface form: Allied invasion of Germany Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ
goal	clear German forces from west of the Rhine River ⓘ prepare for Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ
hasPart	Operation Blockbuster ⓘ Operation Grenade ⓘ Operation Plunder ⓘ Operation Varsity ⓘ Operation Veritable ⓘ
involves	21st Army Group ⓘ First Canadian Army ⓘ First United States Army ⓘ U.S. Ninth Army ⓘ surface form: Ninth United States Army
location	Rhineland ⓘ west of the Rhine River ⓘ western Germany ⓘ
militaryTheater	European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ surface form: European Theater of Operations
notableEngagement	battle for Wesel ⓘ battle for Xanten ⓘ fighting in the Reichswald Forest ⓘ
opponentCommander	Gerd von Rundstedt NERFINISHED ⓘ Walther Model ⓘ
partOf	Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine ⓘ Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front of World War II
precededBy	Battle of the Bulge ⓘ Battle of the Colmar Pocket ⓘ surface form: Colmar Pocket operations
result	Allied victory ⓘ German forces pushed east of the Rhine ⓘ
startTime	1945-02 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	depleted remaining German reserves in the west ⓘ secured the west bank of the Rhine for the Allies ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

French Moroccan Goumiers → activeDuring → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhineland Campaign

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal → associatedCampaigns → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

Battle of the Reichswald → campaign → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

U.S. 45th Infantry Division → campaign → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

U.S. Ninth Army → campaign → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhineland Campaign

U.S. Seventh Army → campaign → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

VII Corps → campaign → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

British XXX Corps → conflict → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

First Canadian Army → engagedIn → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

12th Army Group → engagement → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

28th Infantry Division → engagement → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhineland Campaign

French First Army → engagement → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhineland Campaign

French I Corps → engagement → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhineland Campaign (1945)

Third United States Army → engagement → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

U.S. Ninth Army → engagement → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhineland Campaign

United States 99th Infantry Division → engagement → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhineland Campaign

90th Infantry Division (United States) → notableBattle → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siegfried Line campaign

90th Infantry Division (United States) → notableBattle → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

Northwest Europe → notableCampaign → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

XIX Corps (United States) → notableCampaign → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade → notableEngagement → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

First United States Army → notableOperation → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

21st Army Group → operation → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

3rd Canadian Infantry Division → operation → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

British Second Army → operation → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

Operation Veritable → partOf → Rhineland campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhineland Campaign

6th Armored Division → participatedIn → Rhineland campaign ⓘ