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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Generate an image of the Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944) (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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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)