Allied amphibious invasion of Normandy

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

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:D-Day gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:beachLanding	gptkb:Gold_Beach gptkb:Juno_Beach gptkb:Omaha_Beach gptkb:Sword_Beach gptkb:Utah_Beach
gptkbp:casualtiesAllied	over 10,000
gptkbp:casualtiesGerman	4,000–9,000
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_Powers gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Erwin_Rommel Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:date	June 6, 1944
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Allied amphibious invasion of Normandy
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Belgium gptkb:Canada gptkb:Czechoslovakia gptkb:Greece gptkb:Luxembourg gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Norway gptkb:Poland gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Free_France
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:navalVesselsInvolved	over 5,000
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division gptkb:3rd_Canadian_Infantry_Division gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division gptkb:British_3rd_Infantry_Division gptkb:British_50th_Infantry_Division gptkb:Free_French_Commandos gptkb:1st_Infantry_Division_(US) gptkb:29th_Infantry_Division_(US)
gptkbp:objective	liberation of Western Europe
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:plannedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy gptkb:Operation_Bodyguard_(deception_plan)
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:shipsInvolved	over 11,000
gptkbp:significance	turning point in World War II
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:marine air support paratrooper drops
gptkbp:troopsInvolved	over 156,000
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5