Allied liberation of the Low Countries

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The Allied liberation of the Low Countries was the World War II campaign in which Allied forces freed Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg from German occupation in 1944–1945.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign
military campaign
belligerent Canada
Dutch resistance
Free Belgian forces
Luxembourgish resistance
United Kingdom
United States
commandedBy Bernard Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry Crerar
conflict World War II
countryFreed Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
endTime 1945
followedBy Allied invasion of Germany
follows Battle of Normandy
Normandy landings
linked to: Battle of Normandy
hasPart Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Scheldt
Operation Aintree
Operation Market Garden
Operation Pheasant
Operation Plunder
Operation Veritable
liberation of Belgium
liberation of Luxembourg
liberation of the Netherlands
location Belgium
Low Countries
Luxembourg
Netherlands
notableEvent Hunger Winter in the occupied Netherlands
opponent Nazi Germany
partOf Western Front of World War II
precededBy German occupation of Belgium
German occupation of Luxembourg
German occupation of the Netherlands
result Allied victory
end of German occupation in Belgium
end of German occupation in Luxembourg
end of German occupation in the Netherlands
startTime 1944
strategicObjective expel German forces from the Low Countries
open port of Antwerp
secure approaches to the Rhine
theatre Northwest Europe campaign
timePeriod 1944–1945

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Battle of the Scheldt campaign Allied liberation of the Low Countries
Mons historicalEvent Liberation in World War II (1944)
subject linked to: Mons, Belgium
linked to: Allied liberation of the Low Countries