Battle of the Reichswald

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World War II battle military conflict

The Battle of the Reichswald was a major World War II Allied offensive in early 1945 to clear German forces from the Reichswald Forest and open the way into the Rhineland.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of the Reichswald canonical 7
Battle of the Roer River 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Veritable ⓘ
belligerent Allied forces ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
German Army ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
campaign Rhineland campaign ⓘ
commander Alfred Schlemm ⓘ
Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
Harry Crerar ⓘ
Johannes Blaskowitz ⓘ
Miles Dempsey ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Canada ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endDate 1945-03-11 ⓘ
followedBy Operation Blockbuster ⓘ
Operation Plunder ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
involved armoured units ⓘ
heavy artillery bombardment ⓘ
infantry operations ⓘ
location Germany ⓘ
Lower Rhine region ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Reichswald Forest ⓘ
notableUnit British Second Army ⓘ
First Canadian Army ⓘ
German 1st Parachute Division ⓘ
surface form: German 1st Parachute Army
objective clear German forces from the Reichswald Forest ⓘ
open the way into the Rhineland ⓘ
partOf Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Allied invasion of Germany

Operation Veritable ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front of World War II
precededBy Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
startDate 1945-02-08 ⓘ
strategicSignificance breached German defenses in the Rhineland ⓘ
contributed to opening the route to the Rhine River ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War II ⓘ
typeOfWarfare combined arms offensive ⓘ
forest warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

British XXX Corps → notableEngagement → Battle of the Reichswald ⓘ
Operation Veritable → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Reichswald ⓘ
XIX Corps (United States) → notableBattle → Battle of the Reichswald ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Roer River
Battle of the Hochwald → precededBy → Battle of the Reichswald ⓘ
Reichswald Forest → knownFor → Battle of the Reichswald ⓘ
Reichswald Forest → historicalEvent → Battle of the Reichswald ⓘ
XXX Corps → notableOperation → Battle of the Reichswald ⓘ
Churchill tanks → usedInBattle → Battle of the Reichswald ⓘ
subject surface form: Churchill tank