Allied Expeditionary Force

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Allied_Expeditionary_Force

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:AEF
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Belgium gptkb:Canada gptkb:Czechoslovakia gptkb:France gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Norway gptkb:Poland gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved	1945
gptkbp:formed	1943
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Southwick_House
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Allied Expeditionary Force
gptkbp:language	gptkb:French English
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:D-Day gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris gptkb:Crossing_of_the_Rhine gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Omar_Bradley gptkb:Trafford_Leigh-Mallory gptkb:Walter_Bedell_Smith gptkb:Arthur_Tedder Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Operation_Neptune gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:21st_Army_Group gptkb:British_Second_Army gptkb:Belgian_Brigade_Piron gptkb:Czechoslovak_Independent_Armoured_Brigade gptkb:Norwegian_Independent_Company_1 gptkb:First_United_States_Army gptkb:Polish_1st_Armoured_Division gptkb:Third_United_States_Army gptkb:Luxembourg_Battery gptkb:Netherlands_Brigade gptkb:French_First_Army gptkb:First_Canadian_Army
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Allied_Powers
gptkbp:purpose	liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Powers_Europe
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations	gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force gptkb:Supreme_Commander_of_the_Allied_Expeditionary_Force_in_Europe gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force_(SHAEF)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5