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Battle of the Nijmegen Salient

Battle of the Nijmegen Salient was a battle fought on 30 September 1944 in what is now Netherlands; it lasted 8 days. The recorded result: Allied victory.

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Fought30 September 1944lasted 8 days
WhereNetherlands51.917N, 5.850E
OutcomeAllied victory
BelligerentsUnited Kingdom; United StatesagainstNazi Germany

Record

Date30 September 1944
to 8 October 1944
PlaceNetherlands
51.917N, 5.850E
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Commanders
Battle of the Nijmegen SalientBattle of the Nijmegen SalientSiege of VredenburgSiege of HuissenSiege of KnodsenburgBattle of ArnhemLiberation of ArnhemSiege of HuissenBattle of ArnhemAmsterdamBrusselsThe HagueRotterdamCologneAntwerpenDüsseldorfUtrecht100 km51.917N, 5.850E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 7 times between 1502 and 1945.

Elsewhere in 1944

Battle of the Nijmegen Salient is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 237 in present-day Netherlands.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q107751208, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of the Nijmegen salient, revision 1379281289, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.