Operation Veritable

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World War II battle military operation

Operation Veritable was a major Allied offensive in early 1945 to clear the Reichswald and advance into the Rhineland as part of the final push into Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Reichswald ⓘ
belligerent Allied forces ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
campaignPhase Allied advance to the Rhine ⓘ
commander Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
surface form: Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery

General Alfred Schlemm ⓘ
Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks ⓘ
Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar ⓘ
commandStructure 21st Army Group ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Canada ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateEnd 1945-03-11 ⓘ
dateStart 1945-02-08 ⓘ
followedBy Operation Plunder ⓘ
Operation Varsity ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
location Germany ⓘ
Lower Rhine ⓘ
Reichswald Forest ⓘ
surface form: Reichswald

Rhineland ⓘ
notableFeature extensive use of artillery ⓘ
fighting in heavily forested terrain ⓘ
operations in flooded terrain ⓘ
objective advance into the Rhineland ⓘ
clear the Reichswald ⓘ
open the way to the Rhine River ⓘ
opposedBy German Fifteenth Army ⓘ
participant British Army ⓘ
Canadian Army (pre‑1968) ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Army

German Army ⓘ
Polish Armed Forces in the West ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
partOf Rhineland campaign ⓘ
surface form: Rhineland Campaign

Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front of World War II
precededBy Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
primaryAlliedFormation First Canadian Army ⓘ
result Allied penetration of the Rhineland defenses ⓘ
Allied victory ⓘ
German forces driven from the Reichswald ⓘ
strategicContext final Allied push into Nazi Germany ⓘ
theatre Northwest Europe ⓘ
timePeriod late stages of World War II ⓘ
year 1945 ⓘ

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

Battle of the Reichswald → alsoKnownAs → Operation Veritable ⓘ
Rhineland campaign → hasPart → Operation Veritable ⓘ
British XXX Corps → notableOperation → Operation Veritable ⓘ
21st Army Group → operation → Operation Veritable ⓘ
British Second Army → operation → Operation Veritable ⓘ
Battle of the Reichswald → partOf → Operation Veritable ⓘ
Liberation of the Netherlands → significantEvent → Operation Veritable ⓘ