Allied invasion of France

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Allied_invasion_of_France
GPTKB entity
Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Norway
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:D-Day
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:beachLanding gptkb:Gold_Beach
gptkb:Juno_Beach
gptkb:Omaha_Beach
gptkb:Sword_Beach
gptkb:Utah_Beach
gptkbp:casualties over 200,000 Allied casualties
over 200,000 German casualties
gptkbp:codename gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Erwin_Rommel
gptkb:Omar_Bradley
Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:cookingMethod gptkb:Mulberry_harbours
gptkb:Operation_Bodyguard_(deception_plan)
Operation Fortitude (deception plan)
Operation Pluto (pipeline)
gptkbp:endDate August 1944
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris
gptkbp:goal liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Allied invasion of France
gptkbp:location gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:notableEvent paratrooper drops behind enemy lines
largest seaborne invasion in history
Mulberry harbours used
PLUTO pipeline used
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division
gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division
gptkb:1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division
gptkb:Free_French_Commandos
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:German_Atlantic_Wall_defenses
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:plannedBy gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force_(SHAEF)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance turning point in Western Front of WWII
gptkbp:startDate June 6, 1944
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Allied_naval_forces
gptkb:Allied_air_forces
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vichy_France_collaboration
gptkb:Army_Group_D
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7