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Allied airborne operations
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Allied_airborne_operations
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:conductedBy
gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkbp:firstMajorOperation
gptkb:Operation_Husky
gptkbp:hasUnit
paratroopers
glider infantry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Allied airborne operations
gptkbp:involvedCountry
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:France
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:largestOperation
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkbp:largestSingleDayOperation
gptkb:Operation_Varsity
gptkbp:legacy
influenced postwar airborne doctrine
gptkbp:notableBattle
gptkb:Sicily_landings
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkb:Rhine_Crossing
gptkb:Battle_of_Arnhem
gptkb:Southern_France_landings
gptkbp:notableOperation
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Operation_Varsity
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkb:Operation_Dragoon
gptkb:Operation_Husky
gptkbp:notableUnit
gptkb:1st_Airborne_Division_(UK)
gptkb:1st_Polish_Parachute_Brigade
gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division
gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division_(UK)
gptkb:Canadian_1st_Parachute_Battalion
French 2nd Parachute Chasseur Regiment
Soviet 1st Airborne Corps
gptkbp:objective
support amphibious landings
disrupt enemy communications
seize key terrain
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:period
1943-1945
gptkbp:result
varied success
gptkbp:significance
pioneered large-scale airborne warfare
gptkbp:tactics
parachute drop
glider landing
air resupply
gptkbp:usedInAircraft
gptkb:Airspeed_Horsa_glider
gptkb:Douglas_C-47_Skytrain
gptkb:Waco_CG-4_glider
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Holland_1944
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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