Northwest Europe

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World War II combat region theater of war

Northwest Europe is the World War II combat region encompassing countries like France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and western Germany where major Allied operations, including the air and ground campaigns following D-Day, took place.

Aliases (1)

North-West Europe ×2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II combat region → theater of war →
alsoKnownAs	North-West Europe campaign → North-West European Theater →
conflict	World War II →
endDateApprox	May 1945 →
frontType	Western Front →
includesCountry	Belgium → France → Germany NERFINISHED → Netherlands →
includesRegion	Western Germany →
locatedIn	Western Europe →
militaryBranchInvolved	air forces → ground forces → naval forces →
notableBattle	Battle for Caen → Crossing of the Rhine → Falaise Pocket →
notableCampaign	Battle of Normandy NERFINISHED → Battle of the Bulge → Normandy campaign NERFINISHED → Operation Market Garden → Rhineland campaign →
notableForce	British Army → Canadian Army → Free French forces → United States Army →
notableOperation	Operation Cobra → Operation Market Garden → Operation Neptune → Operation Overlord NERFINISHED → Operation Plunder →
opponentForce	Waffen-SS NERFINISHED → Wehrmacht →
partOf	European Theater of Operations →
primaryOpponents	Allied forces → Nazi Germany →
startDateApprox	June 1944 →
startEvent	D-Day landings in Normandy NERFINISHED →
strategicObjective	invasion of Germany → liberation of Belgium → liberation of France → liberation of the Netherlands →
timePeriod	1944 → 1945 →
usedBy	Allied forces → Western Allies →

Referenced by (35)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
11th Armoured Division → 21st Army Group → 27th Armoured Brigade → 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade → 3rd British Infantry Division → 3rd Canadian Infantry Division → 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division → Allied Expeditionary Air Force → Battle of the Scheldt → British 8th Armoured Brigade → British Second Army → British XXX Corps → First Canadian Army → Guards Armoured Division → No. 4 Commando → No. 41 Squadron RAF ("North-West Europe") → Operation Veritable → VIII Corps (United Kingdom) →	theatre
Brian Horrocks → Commander of 21st Army Group → No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando → Operation Crossbow → RAF Second Tactical Air Force →	theaterOfOperations
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Second Army → No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron ("North-West Europe") →	theatreOfOperations
Deputy Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force →	appliesToJurisdiction
British XXX Corps →	garrisonOrHeadquarters
St Kilda →	hasLargestSeabirdColonyIn
Roy Urquhart →	militaryTheater
2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment →	notableTheatre
Royal Air Force Fighter Command →	operationalArea
I Airborne Corps →	operationalTheatre
First Allied Airborne Army →	theater
Monty →	theatreOfWar
1st Infantry Division →	worldWarIITheatre