Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944)

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
belligerent Allied forces
Germany
Wehrmacht
commandedBy Brian Horrocks
James M. Gavin
conflictIn Second World War
linked to: World War II

World War II
countryInvolved Canada
Germany
Poland
United Kingdom
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 River
linked to: Waal

Waal bridges at Nijmegen
linked to: Waalbrug
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
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 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 of World War II
linked to: Western Front

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Nijmegen sawBattle Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944)
Heumen hasHistoricalEvent World War II military operations in the Nijmegen area
linked to: Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944)
De Oversteek commemorates Waal river crossing of 20 September 1944
linked to: Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944)