Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944)

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944) was a key World War II engagement during Operation Market Garden in which Allied forces fought to capture the vital bridges over the Waal River from German control.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944) canonical	1
Waal river crossing of 20 September 1944	1
World War II military operations in the Nijmegen area	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
belligerent	Allied forces ⓘ Germany ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
commandedBy	Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks ⓘ surface form: Brian Horrocks James M. Gavin ⓘ
conflictIn	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Canada ⓘ Germany ⓘ Poland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateContext	September 1944 ⓘ
defendedBy	German SS units ⓘ
followedBy	continued fighting along the Nijmegen–Arnhem corridor ⓘ
hasEndDate	1944-09-20 ⓘ
hasLocation	Gelderland ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Nijmegen ⓘ Waal ⓘ surface form: Waal River Waalbrug ⓘ surface form: Waal bridges at Nijmegen
hasObjective	capture the railway bridge over the Waal at Nijmegen ⓘ capture the road bridge over the Waal at Nijmegen ⓘ open a ground corridor to Arnhem ⓘ secure a crossing over the Waal River ⓘ
hasStartDate	1944-09-17 ⓘ
involvesMilitaryUnit	British XXX Corps ⓘ German 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg ⓘ 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen ⓘ surface form: German 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen Guards Armoured Division ⓘ U.S. 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment ⓘ U.S. 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ
notableAction	Waal River crossing under fire by U.S. paratroopers in canvas boats ⓘ
operationType	airborne and ground assault ⓘ
partOf	Operation Market Garden ⓘ
partOfCampaign	Allied advance into the Netherlands 1944 ⓘ
precededBy	airborne landings near Nijmegen on 17 September 1944 ⓘ
relatedEvent	Operation Market Garden ⓘ surface form: Battle of Arnhem (1944) Operation Garden ⓘ Operation Market ⓘ
result	Allied capture of Nijmegen road bridge ⓘ Allied tactical victory ⓘ failure to relieve British forces at Arnhem in time ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of key bridges over the Waal River ⓘ vital link in Allied advance into the German Reich ⓘ
theater	Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front of World War II

Referenced by (3)

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

Nijmegen → sawBattle → Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944) ⓘ

Heumen → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944) ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II military operations in the Nijmegen area

De Oversteek → commemorates → Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Waal river crossing of 20 September 1944